One of the first book-length studies devoted to religion and African-American political activism in a generation, Something Within explores how Afro-Christianity, in various ways, promotes the political activism of African-Americans. Combining ethnography, history, contextual analysis, and survey research, this book illustrates the participatory effects of Afro-Christianity by examining its institutional, psychological, and cultural influences. Going beyond the opiate-inspiration debate that has dominated research on the subject, Author Fredrick C. Harris advances a new theory of religion as a political resource for a "civic culture in opposition."
| ISBN | 9780195120332 |
| Autor(a) | Harris, Fredrick C. |
| Editora | Oxford University Press - USA |
| Ano de edição | 1999 |
| Páginas | 240 |
| Acabamento | Capa Dura |