Varieties of African American Religious Experience: Toward a Comparative Black Theology

Author:   Anthony B. Pinn
Publisher:   Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Edition:   2nd edition
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Pages:   320
Publication Date:   15 October 2017
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Varieties of African American Religious Experience: Toward a Comparative Black Theology


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Anthony B. Pinn is Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and professor of religious studies at Rice University, and teaches courses on African American religion, history of black religious thought, and black theology.

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Author:   Anthony B. Pinn
Publisher:   Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Imprint:   Fortress Press,U.S.
Edition:   2nd edition
ISBN:  

9781506403359


ISBN 10:   1506403352
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   15 October 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction: Theology and the Canon of Black Religion Rethought New Preface Case Studies: Traditions and Their Existential Link 1. Serving the Loa: Vodou, Voodoo, and the Voodoo Spiritual Temple 2. Ashe! Santería, Oshira-Voodoo, and Oyotunji African Village 3. The Great Mahdi Has Come! Islam, Nation of Islam, and the Minneapolis Study Group 4. What if God Were One of Us? Humanism and African Americans for Humanism Toward a Comparative Theological Framework 5. How Do We Talk about Religion? Religious Experience, Cultural Memory, and Theological Method 6. Theological Categories Twenty-Years Later Bibliography Index

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Anthony B. Pinn is Agnes Cullen Arnold Distinguished Professor of Humanities and professor of religion at Rice University and teaches courses on African American religion, the history of Black religious thought, humanism, and Black theology. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and recipient of president's lifetime achievement award for volunteer service (2024). Pinn is also the author of more than thirty-five books, including, Varieties of African American Religious Experience, 20th Anniversary Edition (Fortress Press, 2017), Terror and Triumph: The Nature of Black Religion, 20th Anniversary Edition (Fortress Press, 2022) and What Is African American Religion?: Expanded Edition (Fortress Press, 2024).

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