Document Type
Article
Department
Religion
Publication Date
1995
Disciplines
African American Studies | Biblical Studies | Comparative Methodologies and Theories | History of Religions of Western Origin
Abstract
The history of the influence, uses, and functions of the Bible among African Americans is dramatic and complex, and reflects the different, sometimes conflicting, sociopolitical and religious self-understandings, orientations, and aspirations of a dominant segment, if not the great majority, of African Americans.
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©1995 Macmillan
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Recommended Citation
Wimbush, Vincent L. Encyclopedia of African American History and Culture, Vol. 1, s.v. "The Bible and African-American Culture." New York: Macmillan Library Reference, 1995. 315-316.
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Comments
First published in The Encyclopedia of African American History and Culture (1995) by Macmillan.