Movements, Motions, Moments: Photographs of Religion and Spirituality from the National Museum of African American History and Culture

Anthony Pinn, Teddy Reeves, Melanee Harvey, Michele Gates Moresi (Editor), Laura Coyle (Editor), and Kevin Young (Foreword)

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Movements, Motions, Moments shows how African Americans have negotiated their participation and engagement in religious spaces. The book is divided into three sections—Movements, Motions, and Moments. Images of figures including Rev. Henry Highland Garnett, Noble Drew Ali, Father Divine, Prophet Elijah Muhammad, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rev. Pauli Murray, Bishop Myokei Cain-Barrett, and others are depicted next to photographs of religious celebrations, ritual practices, and individual moments of faith and spirituality. Photographers include Lola Flash, Chester Higgins, Jason Miccolo Johnson, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, Kenneth Royster, James Van Der Zee, Milton Williams, Lloyd W. Yearwood, and others.

Photographs in this volume range from the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries and include religious traditions such as Christianity, Islam, Judaism, African indigenous, non-secular, and other religious traditions (Humanism, Atheism, Spiritualism, and others). It also includes photography capturing contemporary events and movements including Black Lives Matter and the global pandemic.
  • ISBN10 1913875199
  • ISBN13 9781913875190
  • Publish Date 10 January 2023
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher D Giles Ltd
  • Imprint GILES
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 88
  • Language English