Afro-Eccentricity explores three overlapping stories of Black Religion: the Soul, Black Church, and Ancestor Narratives. Hart contends that these narratives dominate most accounts of Black Religion that, collectively, he calls the "Standard Narrative of Black Religion."

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WILLIAM D. HART is Professor of Religious Studies and Coordinator of Diversity Initiatives at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA.

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Book Title: Afro-Eccentricity
Book Subtitle: Beyond the Standard Narrative of Black Religion
Authors: William David Hart
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230118713
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-11157-8Published: 31 March 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-29380-3Published: 31 March 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-11871-3Published: 25 April 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 239
Topics: Sociology of Religion, Comparative Religion, Religion and Psychology

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Afro-Eccentricity: An Introduction

Three Narratives of Black Religion

Art and the Ancestor Narrative

The Archaeologist

The Renegade

The Prophet

The Conjuror

Concluding Remarks

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