African-American Religion: Interpretive Essays in History and Culture

“…a splendid series of essays…It will serve both students and scholars well, and I look forward to using it in class.” — Michael Brown for Teaching Theology andReligion
“This collection contains 20 outstanding essays on African-American religion published from 1969 to 1994.Heiser, Fall 1997.”
“[African-American Religion] brings together the rich and powerful insights of anthropologists, sociologists, historians, folklorists, and theologians [and] gives a broad and important overview of the religious experiences of African-Americans and their historical development. It is ideal for use in college, university, and seminary courses that encourage multicultural and interdisciplinary study of religion.” — Theology Today
“This collection offers some of the best in current and classic works on African-American religion
.” — Religious Studies Review
“[R]epresent[s] the best of the best with regard to scholarship on African-American religion. As a result, this is both a handy resource book for scholars and a fine text for teaching about the black church.” — Fideset Historia

Timothy E. Fulop is Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs and Lecturer in the History of Christianity at Columbia Theological Seminary, and a contributor to the Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History (1995). Albert J. Raboteau is Putnam Professor of Religion at Princeton University and author of SlaveReligion.