{"product_id":"aint-gonna-lay-my-ligion-down-african-american-religion-in-the-south-hardcover","title":"Ain't Gonna Lay My 'Ligion Down: African American Religion in the South - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlonzo Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePaul Jersild\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIllumines a unique fusion of African and Western European religious traditions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Ain't Gonna Lay My 'Ligion Down\"\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the ways that African Americans have \"put flesh on their Christian beliefs,\" adapting the faith of their European American masters and creating distinctive forms of religious expression. Contributors to the volume examine specific examples of African American religious practice and church leadership to show the remarkable degree to which newly imported slaves preserved their African spiritual heritage while simultaneously meshing it with Western symbols and theological claims.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first essay in the volume explains the historical implications and continuing significance of two distinctive, often misunderstood components of African American folk religion: the pray's house spirit and the distinctive conversion ritual known as seekin' the Lord. Other essays consider the morality of African American folktales, specifically the Brer Rabbit tales; the symbolic and literary connections between African traditional religions and the religious experiences of African American women as found in the \"motherwit\" tradition; and the central place \"rhythm\" holds in African American life as a thread of continuity connecting life in Africa with life in the diaspora. Two final essays explore African American folk religion by examining the contributions of prominent nineteenth- and twentieth-century church leaders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCONTRIBUTORS\u003cbr\u003eStephen W. Angell\u003cbr\u003eJacqueline D. Carr-Hamilton\u003cbr\u003eAlonzo Johnson\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Courtland Johnson\u003cbr\u003eSandy Dwayne Martin\u003cbr\u003eJon Michael Spencer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Jersild\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of theology and ethics and co-director of the Center on Religion in the South at Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, South Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 141\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9.36 x 6.31 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51800781390112,"sku":"9781570031090","price":59.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/938080c5a1e94637823a58698cfebd05.webp?v=1780837754","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/aint-gonna-lay-my-ligion-down-african-american-religion-in-the-south-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}