Name: Something Within By Frederick Harris (Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Rochester)
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Something Within: Religion in African-American Political Activism by Frederick Harris (Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Rochester)

Frederick Harris wades into a perennially contentious debate: the degree to which religious experience is central to African American political involvement and success. For the first time applying the new techniques of a cultural resource model to this question, Harris makes a strong case for the formative influence of religion, both as a source of strength and often determinative in practical political consequences. Harris's argument overturns a large body of quantitative research on political activity, principally in the Chicago religious community.

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...Harris ably supports his arguments and weaves a readable and informative narrative... * Journal of Church and State *
This meticulously researched book provides significant insight into the intersection of race with religion and politics in the US....In this pioneering work, Harris carefully frames his argument in research familiar to most scholars of religion and politics. The nonspecialist benefits from Harris's use of participant observation to bring reality to theory. Highly recommended. * Choice *
Something Within is a wonderful blend of statistical data and telling anecdotes, all pointing to the importance of the church in the politics of the African-American community. The book takes seriously the impact of religious belief and practice in empowering citizens to be politically active. This is a book that should be read by anyone interested in religion and politics, in the role of voluntary associations in building civil society, or in African-American politics. * Clyde Wilcox, Georgetown University *
W.E.B. Du Bois saw black religion and political activism in America as gifts that black people gave to America, thus nurturing its democratic practices and its soul in spite of the racism and rejection they faced. In considering both religion and political activism as interacting and multidimensional factors, Professor Harris provides a theoretically sophisticated and ethnographically rich window into the way the black church organizes and offers these gifts in contemporary society. Overall this book is an absolute must read for anyone interested in the political implications of religion in a multi racial United States for the twenty first century. * Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, Colby College *

I.: Introduction II.: When a Little Becomes Much: Religious Resources in Action III.: Prophetic Fragments: Macro and Micro Foundations of Religious Resources IV.: Religion Reconsidered: Black Protest and Electoral Activism in an Age of Transformation V.: Blessed Assurance: Religion, Personal Empowerment, and African-American Political Activism VI.: Rock in a Weary Land: Religion Institutions and African-American Political Activism VII.: Ties That Bind: Organizational and Psychological Dynamics of Religious Resources VIII.: The Last Shall Be First: Religion, Oppositional Culture, and African-American Political Mobilization IX.: In My Father's House: Religion and Gender in African-American Political Life X.: (Epilogue) It Remains to be Seen: Stability and Change in Religion and African-American Politics Appendices Notes Bibliography Index

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CIN0195120337VG

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9780195120332

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0195120337

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Something Within: Religion in African-American Political Activism by Frederick Harris (Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Rochester)

Author

Frederick Harris (Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Rochester)

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Hardback

Publisher

Oxford University Press Inc

Year published

19990819

Number of pages

240

Prizes

Winner of Winner of the V.O. Key Book Award for the Best Book in Southern Politics and Awarded the 1999 Best Book Award by the National Conference of Black Political Scientists.

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Something Within Frederick Harris (Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Rochester)

Something Within by Frederick Harris (Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Rochester)

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Something Within: Religion in African-American Political Activism by Frederick Harris (Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Rochester)

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