Ras Michael Brown
Biographic Data
| ID | 5445009 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ras Michael Brown |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ras Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Brown |
| SIGNATURE | BROWN R M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgia State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Tyler D. Parry. Jumping the Broom: The Surprising Multicultural Origins of a Black Wedding Ritual
Journal Article Tyler D. Parry. Jumping the Broom: The Surprising Multicultural Origins of a Black Wedding Ritual. Get access Tyler D. Parry. Jumping the Broom: The Surprising Multicultural Origins of a Black Wedding Ritual. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina. Pp. xvi, 298. Cloth $99.00, paper $29.95. Ras Michael Brown Ras Michael Brown Georgia State University, USA Email: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford …
Black Catholicism
This roundtable features six scholarly assessments of the historical and theoretical challenges that emerge when we consider the participation of African and African-descended peoples in the Catholic tradition. The subject of Black Catholicism is garnering new attention from researchers for several reasons. Although the presence of Christianity in West-Central Africa is usually associated with European conquest and colonialism, it is instructive …
African-Atlantic Cultures and the South Carolina Lowcountry
African-Atlantic Cultures and the South Carolina Lowcountry examines perceptions of the natural world revealed by the religious ideas and practices of African-descended communities in South Carolina from the colonial period into the twentieth century. Focusing on Kongo nature spirits known as the simbi, Ras Michael Brown describes the essential role religion played in key historical processes, such as establishing new communities and incorporatin…
Central Africans and Cultural Transformations in the American Diaspora
This book, first published in 2001, sets out a paradigm that increases our understanding of African culture and the forces that led to its transformation during the period of the Atlantic slave trade and beyond, putting long over-due emphasis on the importance of Central African culture to the cultures of the United States, Brazil, and the Caribbean. Focusing on the Kongo/Angola culture zone, the book illustrates how African peoples re-shaped the…
Black Catholicism
This roundtable features six scholarly assessments of the historical and theoretical challenges that emerge when we consider the participation of African and African-descended peoples in the Catholic tradition. The subject of Black Catholicism is garnering new attention from researchers for several reasons. Although the presence of Christianity in West-Central Africa is usually associated with European conquest and colonialism, it is instructive …
Central Africans and Cultural Transformations in the American Diaspora
This book, first published in 2001, sets out a paradigm that increases our understanding of African culture and the forces that led to its transformation during the period of the Atlantic slave trade and beyond, putting long over-due emphasis on the importance of Central African culture to the cultures of the United States, Brazil, and the Caribbean. Focusing on the Kongo/Angola culture zone, the book illustrates how African peoples re-shaped the…
African-Atlantic Cultures and the South Carolina Lowcountry
African-Atlantic Cultures and the South Carolina Lowcountry examines perceptions of the natural world revealed by the religious ideas and practices of African-descended communities in South Carolina from the colonial period into the twentieth century. Focusing on Kongo nature spirits known as the simbi, Ras Michael Brown describes the essential role religion played in key historical processes, such as establishing new communities and incorporatin…
Black Catholicism
This roundtable features six scholarly assessments of the historical and theoretical challenges that emerge when we consider the participation of African and African-descended peoples in the Catholic tradition. The subject of Black Catholicism is garnering new attention from researchers for several reasons. Although the presence of Christianity in West-Central Africa is usually associated with European conquest and colonialism, it is instructive …
Tyler D. Parry. Jumping the Broom: The Surprising Multicultural Origins of a Black Wedding Ritual
Journal Article Tyler D. Parry. Jumping the Broom: The Surprising Multicultural Origins of a Black Wedding Ritual. Get access Tyler D. Parry. Jumping the Broom: The Surprising Multicultural Origins of a Black Wedding Ritual. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina. Pp. xvi, 298. Cloth $99.00, paper $29.95. Ras Michael Brown Ras Michael Brown Georgia State University, USA Email: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford …
Colonialism, slavery, and trade (4 works) · History (4 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (2 works) · Ethnology (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Law (2 works)