{"title":"A New World [of Research] A-Coming","authors":"Danielle Brune Sigler","doi":"10.5325/JAFRIRELI.6.2.0300","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Judith Weisenfeld makes extensive use of government records in New World A-Coming, her study of Black religion during the Great Migration. In combination with archival materials, these records allow Weisenfeld to offer a more complete description of the lives of individual members and to understand how they expressed religio-racial identities.","PeriodicalId":41877,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Africana Religions","volume":"6 1","pages":"300 - 308"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3000,"publicationDate":"2018-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Africana Religions","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5325/JAFRIRELI.6.2.0300","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"RELIGION","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract:Judith Weisenfeld makes extensive use of government records in New World A-Coming, her study of Black religion during the Great Migration. In combination with archival materials, these records allow Weisenfeld to offer a more complete description of the lives of individual members and to understand how they expressed religio-racial identities.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Africana Religions publishes critical scholarship on Africana religions, including the religious traditions of African and African Diasporic peoples as well as religious traditions influenced by the diverse cultural heritage of Africa. An interdisciplinary journal encompassing history, anthropology, Africana studies, gender studies, ethnic studies, religious studies, and other allied disciplines, the Journal of Africana Religions embraces a variety of humanistic and social scientific methodologies in understanding the social, political, and cultural meanings and functions of Africana religions.