African-American Faith in America (3rd ed.)

When Africans were taken from their homes and families and brought to America as slaves, they carried with them a tradition of spirituality that over the centuries has greatly influenced the religious lives of African Americans. Initially many enslaved Africans resisted conversion to the belief systems of their owners. In the years that followed, Black churches grew more freely, and African Americans created their own ways of celebrating faith in their communities. A survey of the history of Afr