BLACK SECTS AND CULTS First Edition Book by Joseph R Washington 1972 **VG+**

“Black Sects and Cults: The Power Axis in Ethnic Ethic” by Joseph R. Washington, Jr. is a first edition hardcover, published in 1972 by Doubleday & Company. This volume is part of the C. Eric Lincoln Series on Black Religion, a significant academic series focused on the religious and cultural life of Black communities in America.

The author, a noted theology scholar, investigates the rise of independent Black religious movements in the USA. He explores the origins, development, and social functions of Black sects, cults, and religious organizations that operate outside of mainstream Christian denominations. A critical analysis of how these groups provide alternative structures of power, identity, and social cohesion in response to systemic racism, political exclusion, and economic marginalization.

An interesting intersection between religion, ethnicity, and social power, making it an essential resource for scholars of religious studies, Black theology, sociology, and American history