Slave religion : the "invisible institution" in the antebellum South /

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Author / Creator:Raboteau, Albert J.
Edition:Updated ed.
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 397 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:African Americans -- Southern States -- Religion.
Slaves -- Religious life -- Southern States.
RELIGION -- Ethnic & Tribal.
African Americans -- Religion.
Slaves -- Religious life.
Slaven (arbeid)
Godsdienst.
Evangelischen.
Southern States -- Church history.
Southern States.
Electronic books.
Church history.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11150337
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ISBN:9781429432535
1429432535
9780195174137
0195174135
9780195174120
0195174127
0198020317
9780198020318
0195174135
0195174127
Digital file characteristics:text file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-388) and index.
Print version record.
Summary: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.
Other form:Print version: Raboteau, Albert J. Slave religion. Updated ed. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004 0195174135 9780195174137