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Rethinking the Nature and Tasks of African-American Theology

Anthony B. Pinn of Macalester College provides scholarly examples of how hoodoo and other African-based religious practices form a "second stream" within African-American Christianity, forcing a recognition of theological complexity beyond the merely folkloric or religio-magical orientation of conjure.

Submitted in section: Religion & Spirituality: African: Diasporic: Hoodoo, Rootwork, Conjure, Obeah: Rethinking the Nature and Tasks of African-American Theology