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Author:

Harris, Fredrick C.

Title:

Something within : religion in African-American political activism / Fredrick C. Harris.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

1999

Description:

x, 227 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Afro-Americans--Religion.
Afro-Americans--Political activity.
Christianity and politics--United States.
Afro-Americans--Religion.
Afro-Americans--Political activity.
Christianity and politics--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-220) and index.

Contents:

When a little becomes much: religious resources in action -- Prophetic fragments: macro and micro foundations of religious resources -- Religion reconsidered: Black protest and electoral activism in an age of transformation -- Blessed assurance: religion, personal empowerment, and African-American political activism -- Rock in a weary land: religious institutions and African-American political activism -- Ties that bind: linking religion and intermediary resources to political action -- The last shall be first: religion, oppositional culture, and African-American political mobilization -- In my father's house: religion and gender in African-American political life.

ISBN:

9780195120332 (alk. paper)
0195120337 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)41143045

LCCN:

99028043

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

N3AX771 -- Drake Law School Library (Des Moines) — 342.73/029

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)