Albert J. Raboteau (1943–2021)
Author of Slave Religion: The "Invisible Institution" in the Antebellum South
About the Author
Albert J. Raboteau is the Henry W. Putnam Professor of Religion at Princeton University.
Image credit: Albert J. Raboteau, Henry W. Putnam Professor of Relligion, Princeton University. Photo by J.T. Miller, 1990 (photo courtesy of Princeton University)
Works by Albert J. Raboteau
African-American Religion: Interpretive Essays in History and Culture (1997) — Editor — 82 copies, 1 review
Associated Works
Race, Identity, and Reconciliation: Second Edition (Transformative Wisdom) (2016) — Foreword, some editions — 13 copies, 1 review
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- Legal name
- Raboteau, Albert Jordy, II
- Birthdate
- 1943-09-04
- Date of death
- 2021-09-18
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Loyola University, Los Angeles, California, USA
University of California, Berkeley (Mx | Literature)
Marquette University (Mx | Theology)
Princeton University (PhD | History) - Occupations
- historian
professor - Organizations
- Princeton University
Center for the Study of American Religion/Center for Culture, Society, and Religion (founding member)
Mother of God Orthodox Church (cofounder) - Relationships
- Ahlstrom, Sydney E. (teacher)
Blassingame, John W. (teacher)
Raboteau, Emily (offspring)
Weisenfeld, Judith (student)
Glaude, Eddie S. (student) - Cause of death
- Lewy body dementia
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, USA
- Places of residence
- Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, USA
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Pasadena, California, USA
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Princeton, New Jersey, USA - Place of death
- Princeton, New Jersey, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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Reviews
Canaan Land: A Religious History of African Americans (Religion in American Life) by Albert J. Raboteau
I dare you to read the first 4 pages without shedding tears. In my opinion, an accurate depiction of slavery and the Holocaust should be part of a regular mental "diet. "
This book gives a good panoramic view of the topic (a word I stole from the description on the back). Too many people focus on Christianity and avoid Islam(my college courses didn't touch on it until Malcolm X). But it existed earlier than that and needs to be covered. I also loved the way it interspersed what Stephen L show more Carter has often taught, that religion is often the force behind protest. Why? Because morality adds strength and creates connection and the structure for that is already in place in religion. Even before Dr. King, religion was used to encourage moral change.
So why does it now hamper it? In my opinion, it is not the church/religion that has changed. show less
This book gives a good panoramic view of the topic (a word I stole from the description on the back). Too many people focus on Christianity and avoid Islam(my college courses didn't touch on it until Malcolm X). But it existed earlier than that and needs to be covered. I also loved the way it interspersed what Stephen L show more Carter has often taught, that religion is often the force behind protest. Why? Because morality adds strength and creates connection and the structure for that is already in place in religion. Even before Dr. King, religion was used to encourage moral change.
So why does it now hamper it? In my opinion, it is not the church/religion that has changed. show less
A good review of the important role proper Christianity played in African Americans' fight for freedom and full humanity. A must read!
Slave Religion: The Invisible Institution in the Antebellum South (Galaxy Books) by Albert J. Raboteau
Given to Matthew Hayes -05/03/2023
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- Rating
- 4.1
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- ISBNs
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