Something Within

• 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

"...Harris ably supports his arguments and weaves a readable and informative narrative..."--Journal of Church and State