In the reference section on the 2nd floor, we have The Encyclopedia of African and African American Religions (Ref BL2462.5 .E53 2001). There is also an online Encyclopedia of African American Religions. Both encyclopedias have articles on many specific religions and topics. You may also want to look at two large online sources on African American Studies: African-American History Online and Oxford African American Studies Center.

Some books that we have on African religion:

• Mbiti, John S. Introduction to African Religion. 2nd ed. Portsmouth, N.H.: Heinemann, 1991. (link to ALICE record)
• Isichei, Elizabeth. The Religious Traditions of Africa: A History. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2004. (link to ALICE record)
• Asante, Molefi Kete and Emeka Nwadiora. Spear Masters: An Introduction to African Religion. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2007. ( link to ALICE record)

Some books on African American religion:

• Earl, Riggins R., Jr. Dark Symbols, Obscure Signs: God, Self, and Community in the Slave Mind. Knoxville: U. of Tennessee Press, 2003. ( link to ALICE record)
• Chireau, Yvonne P. Black Magic: Religion and the African American Conjuring Tradition. Berkeley: U. of California Press, 2003. (link to ALICE record)
• West, Cornel, and Eddie S. Glaude Jr., eds. African American Religious Thought: An Anthology. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2003. ( link to ALICE record)
• Baer, Hans A. and Merrill Singer. African American Religion: Varieties of Protest and Accommodation. 2nd ed. Knoxville: U. of Tennessee Press, 2002. (link to ALICE record)

Here is an article about “African” religious practices in America that may or may not be authentically African:

• Glazier, Stephen D.  “New World African Ritual: Genuine and Spurious.”  Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 35.4 (Dec. 1996): 420-31. (link to this article in Academic Search Complete)