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A testament to the implicit doctrines of Americanism from various African American perspectives, this book combines social theory and black theology to examine the importance, both present and future, of African American civil religion and its role in public discourse, African American religious life and civic engagement. Beginning with the failure in Weber s work on the Protestant Ethic to take Black Protestants into account, the author examines the engagement - or lack of engagement - with African American civil religion in social scientific research, together with the often exclusionary...

Urban God Talk: Constructing a Hip Hop Spirituality, edited by Andre Johnson, is a collection of essays that examine the religious and spiritual in hip hop. The contributors argue that the prevailing narrative that hip hop offers nothing in the way of religion and spirituality is false. From its beginning, hip hop has had a profound spirituality and advocates religious views--and while not orthodox or systemic, nevertheless, many in traditional orthodox religions would find the theological and spiritual underpinnings in hip hop comforting, empowering, and liberating. In addition, this volume...