| Description |
1 online resource (438 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome. |
| Description |
data file |
| Series |
Religions of the Americas
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Religions of the Americans.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; The Harlem Window: An Introduction; PART ONE: The Harlem Years; 1: "We Have as Much Right ... to Believe that God Is a Negro": Religious Nationalism and the Rehumanization of Blackness; 2: "Here I Is Where I Has Longed to Be": Racial Agency, Urban Religion, and the Early Years of Walter Eugene King; 3: Harlem Yoruba, Orisha-Vodu, and the Making of "New Oyo"; 4: "Indigenous Literacies" and the African Library Series: A Textual Approach to History, Nation, and Tradition. |
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5: "This Religion Comes from Cuba!": Race, Religion, and Contested GeographiesPART TWO: African American Yoruba Since 1970; 6: Oyotunji African Village: A Diaspora Experiment in African Nationhood; 7: "That's Alright ... I'm a Yoruba Baptist": Negotiating Religious Plurality and "Theological Openness" in African American Yoruba Practice; 8: "Afrikan Americans in the U.S.A. Bring Something Different to Ifa": Indigenizing Yoruba Religious Cultures; Conclusion: "What We're Looking for in Africa Is Already Here": A Conclusion for the Twenty-first Century; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover. |
| Summary |
Alongside the story of Nana Oseijeman Adefunmi's development as an artist, religious leader, and founder of several African-influenced religio-cultural projects, Hucks weaves historical and sociological analyses of the relationship between black cultu. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Adefunmi, Oseijeman, 1928-2005.
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Adefunmi, Oseijeman, 1928-2005. |
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Orisha religion -- United States -- History.
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Orisha religion. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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African Americans -- Religion -- History.
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African Americans -- Religion. |
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Black nationalism -- United States -- History.
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Black nationalism. |
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Oyotunji African Village (S.C.) -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hucks, Tracey E., 1965- Yoruba traditions and African American religious nationalism. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2012 9780826350756 (DLC) 2011047655 (OCoLC)760970729 |
| ISBN |
9780826350770 (electronic book) |
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0826350771 (electronic book) |
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1283637227 |
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9781283637220 |
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661394968X |
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9786613949684 |
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9780826350756 |
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0826350755 |
| Standard No. |
9786613949684 |
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