African American religions encompass a broad spectrum of beliefs and practices. This book brings together the most important essays on the development of these traditions to provide an overview of the field and its key scholars.

Full Contributors:
Hans A. Baer, University of Arkansas; William H. Becker, Bucknell University; Karen McCarthy Brown, Drew University; Randall K. Burkett, Harvard University; Clayborne Carson, Stanford University; Timothy E. Fulop, Columbia Theological Seminary; Carol V. R. George, Hobart and William Smith Colleges; Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, Colby College; Will B. Gravely, University of Denver; Vincent Harding, Iliff School of Theology; Michael W. Harris, University of Iowa; Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Harvard Divinity School; Bruce Jackson, SUNY Buffalo; Lawrence W. Levine, UC Berkeley; C. Eric Lincoln, Duke University; Charles H. Long, UC Santa Barbara; Iain MacRobert, Sandwell College; Sidney Mintz, Johns Hopkins University; Richard Price; Albert J. Raboteau, Princeton University; Merrill Singer, Hispanic Health Council; David W. Wills, Amherst College.