Book Summary
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."
Book Details
| Book Name | Something Within: Religion In African-American Political Activism |
| Author | Fredrick C. Harris |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (Aug 1999) |
| ISBN | 9780195120332 |
| Pages | 240 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 5999 |