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Yoruba traditions and African American religious nationalism /

Alongside the story of Nana Oseijeman Adefunmi's development as an artist, religious leader, and founder of several African-influenced religio-cultural projects, Hucks weaves historical and sociological analyses of the relationship between black cultu.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hucks, Tracey E., 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2012.
Colección:Religions of the Americans.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; The Harlem Window: An Introduction; PART ONE: The Harlem Years; 1: "We Have as Much Right ... to Believe that God Is a Negro": Religious Nationalism and the Rehumanization of Blackness; 2: "Here I Is Where I Has Longed to Be": Racial Agency, Urban Religion, and the Early Years of Walter Eugene King; 3: Harlem Yoruba, Orisha-Vodu, and the Making of "New Oyo"; 4: "Indigenous Literacies" and the African Library Series: A Textual Approach to History, Nation, and Tradition.
  • 5: "This Religion Comes from Cuba!": Race, Religion, and Contested GeographiesPART TWO: African American Yoruba Since 1970; 6: Oyotunji African Village: A Diaspora Experiment in African Nationhood; 7: "That's Alright ... I'm a Yoruba Baptist": Negotiating Religious Plurality and "Theological Openness" in African American Yoruba Practice; 8: "Afrikan Americans in the U.S.A. Bring Something Different to Ifa": Indigenizing Yoruba Religious Cultures; Conclusion: "What We're Looking for in Africa Is Already Here": A Conclusion for the Twenty-first Century; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover.