The Matter of Race: Brotherhood of St. Moses the Black and the Retelling of African American History through Orthodox Christian Forms

This article looks at how contemporary African American converts to Orthodox Christianity, specifically the members of the Brotherhood of St. Moses the Black,1 use religion to understand and remember the struggle of Black people against racial discrimination in the United States. As I examine how pr...

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Main Author: Kravchenko, Elena V. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press [2021]
In: Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 89, Issue: 1, Pages: 298-333
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