Afro-eccentricity : beyond the standard narrative of black religion

Afro-Eccentricity explores three overlapping stories of Black Religion: the Soul, Black Church, and Ancestor Narratives. Hart contends that these narratives dominate most accounts of Black Religion that, collectively, he calls the "Standard Narrative of Black Religion."

• Preface p. ix
• 1 Afro-Eccentricity: An Introduction p. 1
• 2 Three Narratives of Black Religion p. 15
• 3 Art and the Ancestor Narrative p. 35
• 4 The Archaeologist p. 65
• 5 The Renegade p. 99
• 6 The Prophet p. 143
• 7 The Conjuror p. 175
• 8 Concluding Remarks p. 207
• Notes p. 209
• Selected Bibliography p. 231
• Index p. 237