Then we'll sing a new song : African influences on America's religious landscape / Mary Ann Clark.

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Clark, Mary Ann, 1949-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 234 p.)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781442208810
1442208813
1280779071
9781280779077
9786613689467
6613689467

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Then we'll sing a new songDDC classification:

200.89/96073 23

LOC classification:

B5310

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Contents:

A most religious nation -- Jesus is my bosom friend: the development of American religion -- African Christianity: kingdom of Kongo -- The dead are not dead -- Children of Oduduwa: the Oyo empire -- Then why not every man? -- Children of the leopard: kingdom of Dahomey -- That voodoo that you do -- New African branches.

Summary: This book tells the often-unrecognized, but important, story of how African religions have shaped faith in America. Mary Ann Clark explores the cultures of three African kingdoms that contributed significant numbers of their population to the Atlantic slave trade, then examines how each may have influenced contemporary American beliefs and culture.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-226) and index.

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This book tells the often-unrecognized, but important, story of how African religions have shaped faith in America. Mary Ann Clark explores the cultures of three African kingdoms that contributed significant numbers of their population to the Atlantic slave trade, then examines how each may have influenced contemporary American beliefs and culture.

English.

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