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Preaching with Sacred Fire: An Anthology of African American Sermons, 1750 to the Present
Black Christianity has always had an ambiguous relationship to American culture. If African slaves grew to embrace Christianity, they did so in their own way: hallowing Exodus and wondering, "If God delivered Daniel, why not every man?" Thus was born the amalgam "Afro-Christianity" -- a universalistic faith drenched in particularity. The "Africanness" was a matter of style, too, given in moan and shout, which often led whites to view black religion as exotically emotional. Even Martin Luther King Jr. was known to recoil at the sight of a preacher "jumping out" and "screaming with his tune."
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