Two different religious explorations of the meaning of being black in America are Martin Luther King’s use of Christianity in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” and the prophecy of Yacub in the Nation of Islam’s doctrine. While King concludes that Christianity is part of the very fabric of America and will continue to be a source of liberation, the Nation of Islam believed that Christianity was embedded within America’s colonial and white supremacist history, and that salvation will come when blacks once again rule society
In October – November 2008, Concept, in collaboration with Queen Margaret University and Moray Hou...
This dissertation explores two developments in African American religious history – the developments...
In his work, The Negro Church in America, published in 1963, E. Franklin Frazier argued that the Bla...
Up until the 19th century, religion was used as a way of legitimizing slavery in America. With the r...
This article examines the emergence of the Black Theology movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s...
This study observes that Dr. King's letter advocated changes in the religious perception of several ...
Throughout history, Black churches have been highly esteemed among the Black community and influenti...
Broadly speaking, my research focus is on African American religion, with particular interest in the...
In August 2011, after more than two decades of planning, fund-raising and construction, the Martin L...
Controversial ideas over the origins of religion in black America arose among different scholars and...
Excerpt: From birth, King was surrounded and influenced by the black faith community. Both his mate...
Malcolm X’s life and career offers a window through which to analyze the interactions between race a...
In an effort to unearth the roots of disparate conceptions of race in 21st-century America, this pap...
Whether as slaves or as free blacks, African-Americans faced immense contradictions between the teac...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University Includes bibliographical references (leaves 384-390). Abstract: ...
In October – November 2008, Concept, in collaboration with Queen Margaret University and Moray Hou...
This dissertation explores two developments in African American religious history – the developments...
In his work, The Negro Church in America, published in 1963, E. Franklin Frazier argued that the Bla...
Up until the 19th century, religion was used as a way of legitimizing slavery in America. With the r...
This article examines the emergence of the Black Theology movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s...
This study observes that Dr. King's letter advocated changes in the religious perception of several ...
Throughout history, Black churches have been highly esteemed among the Black community and influenti...
Broadly speaking, my research focus is on African American religion, with particular interest in the...
In August 2011, after more than two decades of planning, fund-raising and construction, the Martin L...
Controversial ideas over the origins of religion in black America arose among different scholars and...
Excerpt: From birth, King was surrounded and influenced by the black faith community. Both his mate...
Malcolm X’s life and career offers a window through which to analyze the interactions between race a...
In an effort to unearth the roots of disparate conceptions of race in 21st-century America, this pap...
Whether as slaves or as free blacks, African-Americans faced immense contradictions between the teac...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University Includes bibliographical references (leaves 384-390). Abstract: ...
In October – November 2008, Concept, in collaboration with Queen Margaret University and Moray Hou...
This dissertation explores two developments in African American religious history – the developments...
In his work, The Negro Church in America, published in 1963, E. Franklin Frazier argued that the Bla...