Pinn, Anthony B

Examines eleven religious traditions practiced by African-Americans since the seventeenth century, and includes a timeline of important events, a collection of short biographies of major figures, primary source documents, and first-person accounts of how religion is practiced by the African-American community.

Contains nine essays in which the authors explore the connections between rap music, spirituality, and the religious traditions of Christianity, Islam, Rastafarianism, and Humanism.