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Canaan Land : a religious history of African Americans / Albert J. Raboteau.

Title
Canaan Land : a religious history of African Americans / Albert J. Raboteau.
Author
Raboteau, Albert J.
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

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Description
x, 151 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.; 21 cm.
Summary
Offers insight into the history of African American religious traditions in the United States.
Subject
  • African Americans > Religion
  • United States > Church history
Genre/Form
Church history
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 140-145) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Beginnings -- The independent African church movement -- "The invisible institution" : religion among the slaves -- In search of Canaan : emancipation and the limits of freedom -- From plantation to ghetto : religion in the city -- The black freedom struggle -- Black faith : continuity within change.
ISBN
0195145852 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^^00066584^
OCLC
  • 45446256
  • SCSB-12626671
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library