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By Gayraud S. Wilmore (trade paperback)

“No one can write or think about religion and its powerful, freedom-seeking role in this nation without acknowledging the signal, creative contribution of this work. Indeed, Wilmore’s study continues to stand as a landmark for all of us who seek both to understand and to transform the entire American experience.” – Vincent Harding

“A book to be considered critical for understanding the moods, nuances, and movements within the religious community of black America.” C. Eric Lincoln

Black Religion and Black Radicalism has established itself as the classic treatment of frican American religious history. Gayraud Wilmore demostrates the extent to which the history of African Americans can be told in terms of religion, and to want extent this religious history has been inseparably bound to the struggle for freedom and justice. From the story of the slave rebellions and emancipation, to the rise of Black nationalism and the freedom struggles of recent times, up through the development of Black, womanaist, and Afrocentric theologies, Wilmore offers an essential interpretation of African American religious history for students of religion, history, and Black and cultural studies.

Among the additions to this revised third edition are an entirely new chapter, exploring the African roots of African-American religion, as well as thoroughly updated chapters on the state of Black church, and the struggle for freedom today.