Making the Gods in New York: The Yoruba Religion in the African American Community 1317732162, 9781317732167

In The Company Of Black Men: The African Influence on African American Culture in New York City 9780814784624

Traces the development of African-American community traditions over three centuries From the subaltern assemblies of t

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In The Company Of Black Men: The African Influence on African American Culture in New York City 081479369X, 9780814793695

Traces the development of African-American community traditions over three centuries From the subaltern assemblies of t

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A Respectable Woman: The Public Roles of African American Women in 19th-Century New York 9780814785188

In the nineteenth century, New York City underwent a tremendous demographic transformation driven by European immigratio

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Singing in the Spirit: African-American Sacred Quartets in New York City [Reprint 2016 ed.] 9781512800043

Draws on field recordings and interviews with dozens of local New York singers to reveal an intriguing world where relig

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The Minds of Gods: New Horizons in the Naturalistic Study of Religion 9781350265707, 9781350265738, 9781350265714

Why are humans obsessed with divine minds? What do gods know and what do they care about? What happens to us and our rel

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Urban planning and the African American community : in the shadows 9780803972339, 0803972334, 9780803972346, 0803972342

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New York in the Revolution [1]

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Evangelical Gotham: Religion and the Making of New York City, 1783-1860 9780226388281

At first glance, evangelical and Gotham seem like an odd pair. What does a movement of pious converts and reformers have

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Saints in exile: the Holiness-Pentecostal experience in African American religion and culture 9780195131017, 9780195351330, 9780195098433

Saints in Exile studies, from an insider's perspective, the worship practices and social ethics of the African Amer

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African or American? Black Identity and Political Activism in New York City, 1784-1861 0252033361, 9780252033360

During the early national and antebellum eras, black leaders in New York City confronted the tenuous nature of Northern

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