A mature and brilliant study that provides the basis for theory and method for the study of religions of African derivation in the New World.--Charles Long, professor emeritus, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, and series editor, Religions of the Americas Series

An invaluable contribution to scholarship of the Oyotunji community, to scholarship of African American religion, and to scholarship of the phenomenon of American religion more generally. Hucks ably relates a history that is central to an appreciation of the roots and varieties of contemporary African American religiosity.--Rachel Harding, Department of Ethnic Studies, University of Colorado, Denver

An invaluable contribution to scholarship of the Oyotunji community, to scholarship of African American religion, and to scholarship of the phenomenon of American religion more generally. Hucks ably relates a history that is central to an appreciation of the roots and varieties of contemporary African American religiosity.--Rachel Harding, Department of Ethnic Studies, University of Colorado, Denver