Passing this along from Rochester alum Nathan Nobis:
"I am looking for writings on what might be called African American philosophy of religion or African-American perspectives on philosophy of religion (or even African philosophy of religion). I have not had much luck finding things. If anyone knows of anything relevant and can pass on the info or post it, I would appreciate that greatly."
I wrote a long post that was accidentally deleted. It's simply too much to rewrite. I suggested some of the following texts to get started:
African American Philosophy of Religion
Yancy, African American Philosophy: Seventeen Conversations
West, Prosphesy Deliverance
West, Keeping Faith
West, African American Religious Thought
Cone, A Black Theology of Liberation
Cone, God and the Oppressed
Pinn, African American Humanist Principles
Pinn, The African American Religious Experience in America
African Philosophy of Religion
Masolo, African Philosophy in Search of Identity
Hallen, African Philosophy: The Analytic Approach
Griaule, Conversations with Ogotomelli
Brown, African Philosophy
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The Blackwell Companion to Phil. Religion has an entry, "African religions from a philosophical point of view." Seems like a good place to start.
I never cease to be amazed by the responsiveness of our readers! I really thought this was a bleg that would sit out here a while.
There is probably something by Jorge Garcia, too.