Ain't gonna lay my 'ligion down : African American religion in the South

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Ain't gonna lay my 'ligion down : African American religion in the South

edited by Alonzo Johnson, Paul Jersild

University of South Carolina Press, c1996

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Ain't gonna lay my "ligion down : African American religion in the South

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"This volume originates from a 1993 conference sponsored by the Center on Religion in the South, a program of the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, South Carolina"--Pref

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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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