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  • What Is African American Religion?

    Edited by Anthony B. Pinn ...
    Is there really a monolithic "Black church"? Distilling the arguments of Anthony B. Pinn's important and provocative work in Terror and Triumph, this brief volume asks the central question: What really is African American religion?Sketching the religious landscape of African American communities today, Pinn makes explicit the tension in traditional conversations about Black religion that privilege ... Read more

    $13.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • What Has the Black Church to do with Public Life?

    by A. Pinn ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    The role in public life of religious organizations such as black churches has been a contested and heated topic, with their advocates calling for them to have a major place in public discourse and their critiques demanding their silence in public if not their total destruction. This book offers a creative and compelling way to think about this dilemma. Unlike some, it does not deny the effort on ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • To Speak a Defiant Word

    Sermons and Speeches on Justice and Transformation

    by Pauli Murray ...
    Twenty-five years of writings by the religious thinker and activist Pauli MurrayThe religious thought and activism that shaped the late twentieth century is typically described in terms of Black men from the major Black denominations, a depiction that fails to account for the voices of those who not only challenged racism but also forced a confrontation with class and gender. Of these overlooked ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Identity Formation within Historically Black Colleges and Universities

    Spaces of Becoming

    Edited by Anthony B. Pinn ...
    Drawing from institutional research, this book advocates for the ongoing importance of HBCUs and shows how their curriculum, programming, and self-understanding all point to education as a strategy for enhancing the whole person.Over the years, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have played a significant role in the formation of Black identity in a society that struggles to ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • When Colorblindness Isn't the Answer

    Humanism and the Challenge of Race

    by Anthony B. Pinn ...
    The future of the United States rests in many ways on how the ongoing challenge of racial injustice in the country is addressed. Yet, humanists remain divided over what if any agenda should guide humanist thought and action toward questions of race. In this volume, Anthony B. Pinn makes a clear case for why humanism should embrace racial justice as part of its commitment to the well-being of life ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • ‘Saving’ Education

    Religion and/in Historically Black Colleges and Universities

    Edited by Anthony B. Pinn ...
    Series series Higher Education Leadership & Study of Historically Black Colleges and Universities
    Many assume a connection between historical black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and religion. Yet, the nature and meaning of this relationship has often been overlooked. 'Saving’ Education seeks to address this oversight by exploring the impact of theological concerns and the changes resulting from the Reconstruction and Jim/Jane Crow on the ethos of these institutions and their students’ ... Read more

    $39.39 USD

  • Understanding and Transforming the Black Church

    by Anthony B. Pinn ...
    What is the nature and purpose of the Black Church? What is the relationship of the scholar of religion to the Black Church? While black churches have been a major component of the religious landscape of African American communities for centuries, little critical attention has been given to these questions outside an apologetic stance. This book seeks to correct this trend by examining some of the ... Read more

    $16.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Black Practice of Disbelief

    An Introduction to the Principles, History, and Communities of Black Nonbelievers

    by Anthony Pinn ...
    A short introduction to Black Humanism: its history, its present, and the rich cultural sensibilities that infuse itIn the United States, to be a Black American is to be a Black Christian. And there’s something to this assumption in that the vast majority of African Americans are Christian. However, in recent years a growing number of African Americans have said they claim no particular religious ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • My Jams

    Reflections on the Relationship between Music and Religion

    by Anthony B. Pinn ...
    The intersection of religion and music offers opportunity for a profound exploration of meaning-making. Musical lyrics create a rich narrative that reflects not only personal experiences but also broader cultural, social, and spiritual realities. Over the years, Anthony Pinn has explored this intersection, shaped by academic inquiry, personal reflection, and an evolving understanding of the world ... Read more

    $33.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Speculations on Black Life

    The Collected Writings of William R. Jones

    Edited by Darrell Jones, Monifa Love, Anthony B. Pinn ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Studies in Black Religion and Cultures
    Is God a white racist? Posed by William R. Jones in his ground-breaking book of the same name, this question disrupted the theological assumptions that marked Black religious thought from early writings of the 1800s to the formation of Black theology in the 1960s. This book compiles his key and essential writings related to over three decades of critical reflection on race, religion, secularism, ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Noise and Spirit

    The Religious and Spiritual Sensibilities of Rap Music

    Edited by Anthony B. Pinn ...
    Rap music is often seen as a Black secular response to pressing issues of our time. Yet, like spirituals, the blues, and gospel music, rap has deep connections to African American religious traditions.Noise and Spirit explores the diverse religious dimensions of rap stemming from Islam (including the Nation of Islam and Five Percent Nation), Rastafarianism, and Humanism, as well as Christianity. ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Religion in the Age of Obama

    Edited by Juan M. Floyd-Thomas, Anthony B. Pinn ...
    This is the first book to focus on the significance of religion during President Obama's years in the White House. Addressing issues ranging from identity politics, immigration, income inequality, Islamophobia and international affairs, Religion in the Age of Obama explores the religious and moral underpinnings of the Obama presidency and subsequent debates regarding his tenure in the White House* ... Read more

    $38.09 USD