Slave Religion: The "Invisible Institution" in the Antebellum SouthOxford University Press, 2004 M10 7 - 416 páginas Twenty-five years after its original publication, Slave Religion remains a classic in the study of African American history and religion. In a new chapter in this anniversary edition, author Albert J. Raboteau reflects upon the origins of the book, the reactions to it over the past twenty-five years, and how he would write it differently today. Using a variety of first and second-hand sources-- some objective, some personal, all riveting-- Raboteau analyzes the transformation of the African religions into evangelical Christianity. He presents the narratives of the slaves themselves, as well as missionary reports, travel accounts, folklore, black autobiographies, and the journals of white observers to describe the day-to-day religious life in the slave communities. Slave Religion is a must-read for anyone wanting a full picture of this "invisible institution." |
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Slave Religion: The "Invisible Institution" in the Antebellum South Albert J. Raboteau Vista previa limitada - 2004 |
Slave Religion: The "Invisible Institution" in the Antebellum South Albert J. Raboteau Vista previa limitada - 2004 |
Slave Religion: The "Invisible Institution" in the Antebellum South Albert J. Raboteau Vista previa limitada - 2004 |
Términos y frases comunes
African Church African religions Afro-American American antebellum Atlantic Slave Trade Baptist Association Baptist Church baptized behavior belief Bible black churches black members black preachers Brazil camp meetings candomblé Catholic century Charles Charles Colcock Jones Christian colonial colored congregation conjure conversion cult culture Dahomey dancing divine drum Eshu evangelical ex-slave exhorters experience former slave Georgia gods Gospel Haiti heaven Herskovits Ibid Jesus John Jones Liberty County London Lord Louisiana magic masters Methodist minister missionaries myth Negro North orisha Orleans pastor plantation plantation missions planters pray preach Rawick Religious Instruction reprinted revival revivalist ring shout ritual santeria Savannah sermon Shango singing sinner slave preacher Slave Religion Slave Songs slaveholders slavery societies soul South Carolina Southern spirit possession Spiritual Baptists Struck Me Dead Sunday tion tradition United University Press Virginia vodun voodoo West African white folks William Wells Brown worship York Yoruba
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Página 210 - Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
Página 303 - And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
Página 152 - Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
Página 303 - I were both on one class-paper, which made it very trying to me to keep up true love and unity between him and me, in the sight of God : this was a cause of wrestling in my mind ; but that Scripture abode with me, ' He that loveth father or mother, wife or children, more than me, is not worthy of me...
Página 72 - ... jerking, hitching motion, which agitates the entire shouter, and soon brings out streams of perspiration. Sometimes they dance silently, sometimes as they shuffle they sing the chorus of the spiritual, and sometimes the song itself is also sung by the dancers. But more frequently a band, composed of some of the best singers and of tired shouters, stand at the side of the room to "base" the others, singing the body of the song and clapping their hands together or on the knees.
Página 336 - Eugene D. Genovese, Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves Made (New York: Pantheon Books, 1974); Leslie Howard Owens, This Species of Property: Slave Life and Culture in the Old South (New York: Oxford University Press, 1976); Herbert G.
Página 104 - And so far is Christianity from discharging Men from the Duties of the Station and Condition in which it found them, that it lays them under stronger Obligations to perform those Duties with the greatest Diligence and Fidelity...
Página 262 - Lay dis body down. I walk in de moonlight, I walk in de starlight, To lay dis body down. I'll walk in de graveyard, I'll walk through de graveyard, To lay dis body down. I'll lie in de grave and stretch out my arms; Lay dis body down I go to de judgment in de evenin...