Black Religion: The Negro and Christianity in the United States
by Joseph R. Washington Jr
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good, light discoloration to cloth ends of spine and lightly toned pages./Good jacket, chipped and worn around all edges and corners, spine discolored, several tears as well
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Beacon Press, 1964. Hardcover octavo quarterbound black cloth spine with silver lettering and embossed black paper boards in illustrated dust jacket, 308 pp. Very good, light discoloration to cloth ends of spine and lightly toned pages./Good jacket, chipped and worn around all edges and corners, spine discolored, several tears as well. Critical examination of the history and context of Christianity for Black Americans, examining the role of the church in revolutionary struggles and as a landmark cultural institution; and, as a place of worship, the author challenges the functions of this multiplicity that has historically existed within and against a segregated society.
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- Bookseller
- Better Read Than Dead (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 744
- Title
- Black Religion
- Author
- Joseph R. Washington Jr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover octavo quarterbound black cloth spine with silver lettering and embossed black paper boards in illustrated dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, light discoloration to cloth ends of spine and lightly toned pages.
- Jacket Condition
- Good jacket, chipped and worn around all edges and corners, spine discolored, several tears as well
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- African-Americana, African-American, black studies, Black religion, Christianity
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