Afro-Eccentricity: Beyond the Standard Narrative of Black Religion

by W. Hart

Overview

Afro-Eccentricity explores three overlapping stories of Black Religion: the Soul, Black Church, and Ancestor Narratives. Hart contends that these narratives dominate most accounts of Black Religion that, collectively, he calls the "Standard Narrative of Black Religion."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230111578
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	03/31/2011
Edition description:	2011
Pages:	239
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

WILLIAM D. HART is Professor of Religious Studies and Coordinator of Diversity Initiatives at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA.

Table of Contents

Three Narratives of Black Religion Art and the Ancestor Narrative The Archaeologist The Renegade The Prophet The Conjuror Concluding Remarks