Something Within: Religion in African-American Political Activism

By Fredrick C. Harris

Book Overview

One of the first book-length studies in decades solely devoted to religion and African-American political activism, Something Within explores how Afro-Christianity encourages political activism among 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. Moving beyond the current debates on the subject, Fredrick C. Harris advances a new theory of religion as a political resource for a "civic culture in opposition."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019514595x
• ISBN13: 9780195145953
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.2"