Honestly, "The Black Liberation Theology" is one of the most informative topics we have discussed from our African American studies class. ... The second historic period that I also figured would be a key component to the actual black experience is the period after the Revolution in which blacks started to establish their own communities and independencies in America. With blacks forming their own institutions in America, this brought up another question. ... During this period, more churches and establishments were catered to African Americans. ... From my understanding and readings...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Great Awakening swept the world, as religious power pulsed between England, and the American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s. In America, the Awakening signaled the foundation of an encircling evangelicalism, the belief that the spirit of religious practice was the "new birth," stimulated by the preaching of the "Word." ... The followers of the Awakening and its evangelical force developed into the largest American Protestant denominations by the earliest decades of the nineteenth century. ... Christianity spread amongst the American colonies, including the "Indians" and the "African Ameri...

• Word Count: 204
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Similarly, "Battle Royal" by Ralph Ellison conveys the way African Americans behaved when choosing between their natural self and what was expected of them as members of society. ... It is a portrayal of the blueprint the white society had applied towards the African Americans during this time period in which there was no room for change or acceptance. ...

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• Has Bibliography
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Herskovits gives examples of a West African culture of Dahomey, which practice polygamy. He also states different religious traditions of different cultures such as African societies that incorporate possession of an individual by a god to be the supreme religious experience. ... What if a group of Mexican-Americans in Kansas City decided they don't want to have anything to do with the Japanese-Americans so they bar them from all Mexican-American run businesses? The Mexican-American culture believes this is the right thing to do, but this doesn't promote acceptance of other cultures...

• Word Count: 1553
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In Muslim's life, all aspects are to be conformed to serving Allah and have expanded outside of its birthplace of Arabian Peninsula, to have significant influence in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas[ CITATION Fie13 l 1033 ]. ...

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Through the years America has struggled with different beliefs in society, but none may have been bigger than the issue of race they created through slavery. Following the Civil War, the Southern states struggled with believing in equality and this resulted in violence and unfair treatment towards African Americans. ...

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Through his exploration of the Christian religion in America, he is able to come to many realizations that reinforce his persuading narrative and to show how most religious whites used Christianity as a means to justify their cruel actions. Douglass explores his own religious beliefs in reference to the religious constructs of white America and reveals the unjust ways that Christianity was used to oppress the slaves. ... One author in particular, Nathan Irvin Huggins writes: "Slavery, rather than being a means of civilizing and Christianizing backward and pagan Africans, was shown to keep s...

• Word Count: 1984
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Although religious faith and economic success was an important factor throughout all of England and it's American colonies, Chesapeake and New England prioritized one over the other. ... Eventually, the popularity and utilization of african slave labor also made up a large amount of the population. ...

• Word Count: 1906
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate