Contributors --

Introduction --

Abbreviations --

Introductory essays. Religion in the African American community / Larry G. Murphy --

Martin Luther King, Jr. and modern African American religion / John Henderson Cartwright --

Womanist theology : black women's experience as a source for doing theology / Jacquelyn Grant --

A chronology of African American religion --

Alphabetical entries --

A basic bibliography of African American religion --

A directory of African American churches and religious organizations --

Biographical cross-index by religious tradition --

Index.