Through the Storm, Through the Night - A History of African American Christianity (Paperback)

Through the Storm, Through the Night provides a lively overview of the history of African American religion, beginning with the birth of African Christianity amidst the Transatlantic slave trade, and tracing the story through its growth in America. Noted author and historian Paul Harvey illustrates how black Christian traditions provided theological, institutional, and personal strategies for cultural survival during bondage and into an era of partial freedom. At the same time, Harvey covers the ongoing tug-of-war between themes of "respectability" versus practices derived from an African heritage; the adoption of Christianity by the majority of African Americans; and the critique of the adoption of the "white man's religion" from the eighteenth century to the present. The book also covers internal cultural, gendered, and class divisions in churches that attracted congregants of widely disparate educational levels, incomes, and worship styles.

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	The African American Experience Series
Release date:	October 2013
First published:	October 2013
Authors:	Paul Harvey
Series editors:	Jacqueline M. Moore • Nina Mjagkij
Dimensions:	218 x 142 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	232
ISBN-13:	978-0-7425-6474-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7425-6474-6
Barcode:	9780742564749

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