religion

Explores the religion of the Norsemen, focusing on how particular gods and goddesses were part of, and honored in, the everyday lives of the Viking people.

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.

This book examines how the Wamapanoag Indians' adoption of Christianity and other selective borrowing from English culture contributed to Indian/English coexistence and the long-term survival of Wamapanoag communities on the island of Martha's Vineyard, even as the racial barrier between peoples grew more rigid. On an island marked by centralized English authority, missionary commitment, and an Indian majority, the Wampanoags' adaptation to English culture, especially Christianity, checked violence while safeguarding their land, community, and ironically, even customs. Yet the colonists' exploitation of Indian land and labor exposed the limits of Christian fellowship and thus hardened racial division.

Presents an 1898 collection of more than twenty Native American creation myths and provides a scholarly introduction on its original editor, Jeremiah Curtin, discussing his collection and translation methods.

Presents fifty-one works by and interviews with late-twentieth-century activist and political writer Cornel West, covering such topics as African-American cultural politics, Marxist theory, Christian thought, the arts, and race relations, and includes autobiographical essays.

Focuses on the prolific artistic expressions of the Yoruba and the historical and cultural issues that have shaped their civilization.