Synopses & Reviews
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Review
"Excellent....The wealth of research Raboteau has collected makes this the summary on the subject."--M. McGlom, Avila College
"A splendid text for undergraduate students which provides insights into the nature and history of African-American religion, a subject often ignored in religion in America texts."--Bernard H. Cochran, Meredith College
"An excellent, judicious, balanced, carefully researched synthesis--raises the hard questions."--J. Careton Hayden, Univ. of the South
"With this book no American church historian can any longer neglect the black Christian story."--Church History
"Provides a convincing argument for the distinctiveness of black religion."--The Black Perspective in Music
"Sound scholarship, judicious reflection and accessible style....Raboteau provides a good synthesis of recent work on slave religion and buttresses it with his own judgments and research."--Eugene Genovese, The New Republic
"Raboteau is the first to examine in detail the religious life of the slaves....Such a book was long overdue and Raboteau's work will undoubtedly become the standard text on slave religion."--Commonweal
"Indispensable for courses in African-American religion or even in upper division undergraduate courses in American religious history. Keep it in print for manyu years to come."--Rodger Payne, University of Virginia
"It's a classic and it is still an indispensable introduction to the topic. Don't ever let it go out of print!"--Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, Colby College