Since the first African American denomination was established in
Philadelphia in 1818, churches have gone beyond their role as
spiritual guides in African American communities and have served as
civic institutions, spaces for education, and sites for the
cultivation of individuality and identities in the face of limited
or non-existent freedom. In this Very Short Introduction, Eddie S.
Glaude Jr. explores the history and circumstances of African
American religion through three examples: conjure, African American
Christianity, and African American Islam. He argues that the phrase
"African American religion " is meaningful only insofar as it
describes how through religion, African Americans have responded to
oppressive conditions including slavery, Jim Crow apartheid, and
the pervasive and institutionalized discrimination that exists
today. This bold claim frames his interpretation of the historical
record of the wide diversity of religious experiences in the
African American community. He rejects the common tendency to
racialize African American religious experiences as an inherent
proclivity towards religiousness and instead focuses on how
religious communities and experiences have developed in the African
American community and the context in which these developments took
place.
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