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1	Hope on a Tightrope: Words and Wisdom more books like this by Cornel West add to wishlist Offering openhearted wisdom for modern times, this courageous collection of quotations, speech excerpts, letters, and photographs by the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Democracy Matters" includes an original CD that highlights Dr. West's outstanding spoken-word artistry. see all copies from $13.54! new only from $13.54! \| SVS
2	Canaan Land: A Religious History of African Americans more books like this by Albert J Raboteau add to wishlist Throughout African-American history, religion has been indelibly intertwined with the fight against intolerance and racial prejudice. Martin Luther King, Jr., America's best-known champion of civil liberties, was a Baptist minister. Father Divine, a fiery preacher who established a large following in the 1920s and 1930s, convinced his disciples ... see all copies from $3.39! new only from $9.03! \| first editions
3	Messengers: Portraits of African American Ministers, Evangelists, Gospel Singers, and Other Messengers of the Word more books like this by David Ritz, Nicola Goode (Photographer) add to wishlist Beautifully designed and featuring stunning photographs, this moving book will appeal to Christians of all denominations and colors who seek a deeper understanding of the meaning and the glories of their faith. This is a tribute to the people who awakened the author's personal faith. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.84! \| first editions \| SVS
4	True to Our Native Land: An African-American New Testament Commentary more books like this by Brian K Blount, Ph.D. (Editor), Hope Cain Felder (Editor), Clarice J Martin (Editor) add to wishlist This pioneering commentary sets biblical interpretation firmly in the context of African-American experience and concern. see all copies from $16.04! new only from $18.00! \| SVS
5	Righteous Riches: The Word of Faith Movement in Contemporary African American Religion more books like this by Milmon F Harrison add to wishlist Does God want us to be wealthy? Many people believe that God offers not only eternal joy in the hereafter but also material blessings in the here and now. Other Christians see this "prosperity theology," as nothing more than vulgar materialism, incompatible with orthodox Christianity. In Righteous Riches, Milmon F. Harrison examines the Word of ... see all copies from $2.35! new only from $2.35! \| SVS
6	Moorish Circle 7: The Rise of the Islamic Faith Among Blacks in America and It's Masonic Origins more books like this by Keith Moore add to wishlist This book is based on the theory that the black Muslim movement was created from the knowledge of the Masonic order. In the early decades of the 20th century, noble drew ali established a political and religious organization known today as the Moorish Science Temple of America. It was this organization that exposed black to something other than ... see all copies from $9.22! new only from $9.22! \| SVS
7	After Redemption: Jim Crow and the Transformation of African American Religion in the Delta, 1875-1915 more books like this by John M Giggie add to wishlist Challenging the traditional interpretation that the years between Reconstruction and World War I were a period when blacks made only marginal advances in religion, politics, and social life, John Giggie contends that these years marked a critical turning point in the religious history of southern blacks. In this ground-breaking first book, Giggie ... see all copies from $6.71! new only from $9.98! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Elusive Dream: The Power of Race in Interracial Churches more books like this by Korie L Edwards add to wishlist It is communion Sunday at a mixed-race church. A black pastor and white head elder stand before the sanctuary as lay leaders pass out the host. An African-American woman sings a gospel song as a woman of Asian descent plays the piano. Then a black woman in the congregation throws her hands up and yells, over and over, "Thank you Lawd!" A few other ... see all copies from $13.48! new only from $21.37! \| SVS
9	Strongholds more books like this by Vanessa Davis Griggs add to wishlist The second book in Griggs' Blessed Trinity Trilogy combines the appeal of JanKaron and Terry McMillan in a powerful story of a congregation looking towardheaven while dealing with life right here on earth. see all copies from $4.98! new only from $7.57! \| SVS
10	Afr Amer Rel Studies-PB more books like this by Gayraud Wilmore, Gayraud S Wilmore (Editor) add to wishlist This anthology provides a coherent, interdisciplinary theoretical base for students of African American religious studies and will assist in the design of programs and courses for lay theological education and training. To this end, the editor has assembled material from Old and New Testament studies, theology, church history, pastoral counseling, ... see all copies from $5.09! new only from $15.50!
11 view cover	The Green Pastures a Fable more books like this by Marc Connelly add to wishlist 1929. American dramatist Connelly is best known for his Pulitzer Prize- winning play The Green Pastures, a fantasy of biblical history presented in terms of the religious life of Southern blacks; it was based on Roark Bradford's book Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun. see all copies from $2.00! new only from $14.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Burden of Black Religion more books like this by Curtis J Evans add to wishlist In the long and tortured history of American ideas about race, religion has played a prominent role. In this book, Curtis Evans traces ideas about African American religion from the antebellum period to the middle of the twentieth century. Central to the story, he argues, is the notion--popular throughout this period--that blacks were somehow ... see all copies from $17.82! new only from $17.82! \| SVS
13 view cover	Teaching African American Religions more books like this by Carolyn M Jones (Editor), Theodore Louis Trost (Editor) add to wishlist The variety and complexity of its traditions make African American religion among the most difficult topics in religious studies to teach to undergraduates. The sheer scope of the material to be covered is daunting to instructors, many of whom are not experts in African American religious traditions, but are called upon to include material on ... see all copies from $3.40! new only from $4.98! \| SVS
14 view cover	On Jordan's Stormy Banks: Leading Your Congregation Through the Wilderness of Change more books like this by Dr. H Beecher Hicks, Jr. add to wishlist Using the metaphor of God's leading the Israelites through the wilderness by way of the tabernacle, H. Beecher Hicks offers insight based on his own experiences for how to help a congregation capture a vision, overcome obstacles, and see God at work through that vision. see all copies from $5.67! new only from $12.97!
15 view cover	Watch This!: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Black Televangelism more books like this by Jonathan L Walton add to wishlist In the post civil rights era, African American religious broadcasters have a seemingly ubiquitous presence in popular culture. Through their constant television broadcasts, mass video distributions, and printed publications they have greatly influenced the landscape of African American Christian practice. They are on par with popular entertainers ... see all copies from $27.60! new only from $27.60! \| SVS
16 view cover	Race, Nation, and Religion in the Americas more books like this by Henry Goldschmidt, Elizabeth McAlister (Editor) add to wishlist This collection of all new essays will explore the complex and unstable articulations of race and religion that have helped to produce 'Black', 'White', 'Creole', 'Indian', 'Asian', and other racialized identities and communities in the Americas. Taken together, these essays will define a new standard of critical conversation on race and religion ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $6.55! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Cornel West: A Critical Reader more books like this by George Yancy (Editor), Cornel West (Afterword by) add to wishlist Cornel West: A Critical Reader is a political act; it is a book engaged in textual and existential combat, for it honors and recognizes the complexity, critical subjectivity, humanity, intellectual productivity, and fecundity of this prominent Black scholar. This comprehensive text offers a systematic and thematic approach to West's philosophical ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $10.43! \| first editions
18 view cover	Prophesy Deliverance more books like this by Cornel West (Illustrator) add to wishlist In his premiere work, West provides readers with a new understanding of the African-American experience based largely in part to his own political and cultural perspectives, which were borne out of his own experiences. see all copies from $8.58! new only from $22.26! \| SVS
19 view cover	Cornel West more books like this by Rosemary Cowan add to wishlist In this new book Rosemary Cowan provides a clear and highly accessible introduction to the work of Cornel West, a provocative thinker who has emerged as one of America's foremost public intellectuals. West's multi-disciplinary work has helped to shape key debates concerning race relations, identity politics, the direction of the Left, the ... see all copies from $7.81! new only from $7.81! \| first editions
20 view cover	New Slave Masters more books like this by George McKinney add to wishlist One of the nation's most prominent African-American bishops exposes drugs, violence, an sexual promiscuity, as today's "slave masters," and declares that God designed the family to be a powerful, loving, environment capable of withstanding the negative influences of society. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
21 view cover	The Hip-Hop Church: Connecting with the Movement Shaping Our Culture more books like this by Efrem Smith, Phil Jackson, Bakari Kitwana (Foreword by) add to wishlist Pastors Smith and Jackson invite readers to the hip-hop church, which, like the culture from which it rises, speaks to the heart. Here, they show the urgency of connecting hip-hop culture and church to reach a generation with the gospel of Jesus Christ. (Church Life) see all copies from $4.18! new only from $11.31! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	African-American Christianity: Essays in History more books like this by Paul E Johnson (Editor) add to wishlist This series of essays traces the history of Afro-American religion from times of slavery to the present day. The contributors describe the fusion of African and Christian traditions that have contributed so uniquely to American religious development. Several common themes emerge: the critical importance of African roots; the traumatic ... see all copies from $3.35! new only from $3.35! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	How Long This Road: Race, Religion, and the Legacy of C. Eric Lincoln more books like this by Alton B Pollard, III (Editor), Love Henry Whelchel, Jr. (Editor) add to wishlist In light of the recent death of C. Eric Lincoln, the renowned theorist of race and religion, scholars came together and created this compelling collection that represents twenty years of critical intellectual reflection in Lincoln's honor. ""How Long this Road"" is a social study of African American religious patterns and dynamics. C. Eric Lincoln ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $24.94! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	This Far by Faith: Readings in African-American Women's Religious Biography more books like this by Judith Weisenfeld add to wishlist A collection of essays on the religious identities and experiences of African American women since slavery. Profiles such figures as Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Willie Mae Ford Smith, and Ella Baker, exploring the role that religion played in their lives. see all copies from $4.99! new only from $10.13!
25 view cover	Between Cross & Crescent more books like this by Lewis V Baldwin, Amiri YaSin Al-Hadid, Stephen Ward Angell (Foreword by) add to wishlist A collaborative effort of Christian scholar Lewis Baldwin and Muslim scholar Amiri Al-Hadid, Between Cross and Crescent details the interconnections between Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.: their faith claims, their perspectives on culture, and their visions of the ideal society and world. The authors reject two common tendencies: to reduce ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.86! \| first editions \| SVS

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