African-American Religion by Albert J. Raboteau

He had considered becoming a community organizer before his studies led him to Xavier University of Louisiana in 1968, where he taught Theology for a year before pursuing a PhD at Yale. Serving as a professor of religion, Raboteau played a major role in the Black Studies movement, an outworking of the Black Power Movement that brought the research of African-Americans into higher education. Raboteau began teaching at Princeton University in 1982, shortly after the publishing of his dissertation at Yale-which eventually became his seminal text, “ Slave Religion: The 'Invisible Institution' in the Antebellum South”.

The post received thousands of interactions, with additional tributes pouring in from Raboteau’s former students and current admirers. Until he crosses over I will catalogue what, in his lifetime, he loved:īill Traylor /0fUbXmoOc5- Emily Raboteau January 31, 2021

My dad, Albert Raboteau, is starting hospice care. She revealed the news on Twitter in January, when she began posting tributes to his life that she said would continue until he passes.Īs of late May, the thread was still ongoing. Raboteau II, the famed Black historian and scholar, has entered hospice care, according to his daughter Emily. African American Religion combines meticulously researched historical facts with a fast-paced, engaging narrative that will appeal to readers of any age.Dr. From the African Methodist Episcopal Church to the Nation of Islam and from the first African slaves to Louis Farrakhan, this far-reaching book chronicles the evolution of an important and influential component of our religious and historical heritage. Raboteau traces the subtle blending of African tribal customs with the powerful Christian establishment, the migration to cities, the growth of Islam, and the 200-year fight for freedom and identity which was so often centered around African-American churches. Father Divine, a fiery preacher who established a large following in the 1920s and 1930s, convinced his disciples that he could cure not only disease and infirmity, but also poverty and racism.Īn in-depth examination of African-American history and religion, this comprehensive and lively book provides panoramic coverage of the black religious and social experience in America. Martin Luther King, Jr.-America's best-known champion of civil liberties-was a Baptist minister.

Throughout African-American history, religion has been indelibly intertwined with the fight against intolerance and racial prejudice.

African-American Religion by Albert J. Raboteau