Ain't Gonna Lay My 'Ligion Down: African American Religion in the South - Hardcover

by Alonzo Johnson (Editor), Paul T. Jersild (Editor)

This text examines how African Americans have created distinctive forms of religious expression. Contributors explore the degree to which newly imported slaves preserved their African spiritual heritage whilst meshing it with Western symbols and theological claims.

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CONTRIBUTORS
Stephen W. Angell
Jacqueline D. Carr-Hamilton
Alonzo Johnson
William Courtland Johnson
Sandy Dwayne Martin
Jon Michael Spencer

Author Biography

Paul Jersild is professor of theology and ethics and co-director of the Center on Religion in the South at Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, South Carolina.