Spiritual and social transformation in African American spiritual churches : more than conjurers / Margarita Simon Guillory.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Protest or accommodation: political engagement in African American religion -- Setting the agenda: social activism in New Orleans' first spiritualist church -- Mother to the motherless: Mother Catherine Seal's manger for the homeless -- Laying on hands: healing as a form of political activism and spiritual restoration -- Let the women speak: gender equality and self-empowerment in African American spiritual churches -- After the storm: the response of African American spiritual churches to shifting landscapes in post-Katrina New Orleans -- A politico-spiritual approach to social activism: implications for African American religion.