Something Within

One of the first book-length studies in decades solely devoted to religion and African-American political activism Something Within explores how Afro-Christianity encourages political activism among African-Americans. Combining ethnography history contextual analysis and survey research this book illustrates the participatory effects of Afro-Christianity by examining its institutional psychological and cultural influences. Moving beyond the current debates on the subject Fredrick C. Harris advances a new theory of religion as a political resource for a civic culture in opposition.