Freedom from Heaven: State Violence and Religious Protest in the Early Black Atlantic
From the beginning of European colonialism in the New World, Africans and people of African descent used religious language and ideology to protest the interlocking of religion, the state, and slavery. Throughout the Americas, slavery was built on a legal superstructure undergirded by imperial, nati...
| Nebentitel: | Black Lives Matter? Africana Religious Responses to State Violence |
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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The Pennsylvania State University Press
[2015]
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Journal of Africana religions
Jahr: 2015, Band: 3, Heft: 4, Seiten: 495-503 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Amerika
/ Sklaverei
/ Institutioneller Rassismus
/ Widerstand
/ Religion
/ Geschichte 1700-1865
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik CH Christentum und Gesellschaft FD Kontextuelle Theologie KBP Amerika NBE Anthropologie NCC Sozialethik NCD Politische Ethik TJ Neuzeit XA Recht |
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| Zusammenfassung: | From the beginning of European colonialism in the New World, Africans and people of African descent used religious language and ideology to protest the interlocking of religion, the state, and slavery. Throughout the Americas, slavery was built on a legal superstructure undergirded by imperial, national, and local power. Government produced and enforced the slave codes that defined human beings as property and legalized their torture, maiming, and execution. Therefore, any protest or act of resistance against slavery was by definition directed against the state as well. From slave rebellions to freedom petitions to protests against the U.S. Fugitive Slave Law, religion inspired resistance against the terror of state-sponsored slavery. |
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| ISSN: | 2165-5413 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal of Africana religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5325/jafrireli.3.4.0495 |