The African Diaspora and the Study of Religion (Religion Culture Critique)

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Introduction: Alexander Crummell and the Destined Superiority of African People....Pages 1-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Raising Champions, Taking Territories: African Churches and the Mapping of New Religious Landscapes in Diaspora....Pages 17-34
Christianity on Trial: The Nation of Islam and the Rastafari, 1930–1950....Pages 35-48
Ahmadi, Beboppers, Veterans, and Migrants: African American Islam in Boston, 1948–1963....Pages 49-69
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
Robert Nathaniel Dett and African America’s Christian Kingdom of Culture, 1926–1932....Pages 73-91
Slain in the Spirit: Sexuality and Afro-Caribbean Religious Expression in Nella Larsen’s Quicksand....Pages 93-110
Candomblé, Christianity, and Gnosticism in Toni Morrison’s Paradise....Pages 111-127
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
The African Diaspora in Mexico: Santería, Tourism, and Representations of the State....Pages 131-150
Writing Out Africa? Racial Politics and the Cuban regla de ocha....Pages 151-166
Macumba Has Invaded All Spheres: Africanity, Black Magic, and the Study of Afro-Brazilian Religions....Pages 167-189
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
Early American Pentecostalism: Race, Religion, and the Politics of Anticipation....Pages 193-211
Toward a Tradition of African American Pragmatic Religious Naturalism....Pages 213-227
Africa on Our Minds....Pages 229-237
Conclusion “Africa” in the Study of African American Religion....Pages 239-249
Back Matter....Pages 251-268