Something Within

Religion in African-American Political Activism

• Author(s): Fredrick C. Harris,
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Pages: 227
• ISBN_10: 0195120337
  ISBN_13: 9780195120332
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / Civil Rights , Political Science / Political Ideologies / Democracy , Political Science / History & Theory , Religion / General , Religion / History , Religion / Reference , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Sociology of Religion ,

Description:... One of the first book-length studies devoted to religion and African-American political activism in a generation, Something Within explores how Afro-Christianity, in various ways, promotes the political activism of African-Americans. Combining ethnography, history, contextual analysis, and survey research, this book illustrates the participatory effects of Afro-Christianity by examining its institutional, psychological, and cultural influences. Going beyond the opiate-inspiration debate that has dominated research on the subject, Author Fredrick C. Harris advances a new theory of religion as a political resource for a "civic culture in opposition."