• I.: Introduction II.: When a Little Becomes Much: Religious Resources in Action III.: Prophetic Fragments: Macro and Micro Foundations of Religious Resources IV.: Religion Reconsidered: Black Protest and Electoral Activism in an Age of Transformation V.: Blessed Assurance: Religion, Personal Empowerment, and African-American Political Activism VI.: Rock in a Weary Land: Religion Institutions and African-American Political Activism VII.: Ties That Bind: Organizational and Psychological Dynamics of Religious Resources VIII.: The Last Shall Be First: Religion, Oppositional Culture, and African-American Political Mobilization IX.: In My Father's House: Religion and Gender in African-American Political Life X.: (Epilogue) It Remains to be Seen: Stability and Change in Religion and African-American Politics Appendices Notes Bibliography Index

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