Raboteau, Albert J(ordy)

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RABOTEAU, Albert J(ordy)

RABOTEAU, Albert J(ordy). American, b. 1943. Genres: Theology/ Religion, History. Career: Xavier University, New Orleans, LA, instructor in theology; taught at Yale University, New Haven, CT and University of California-Berkeley, CA; Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, became Henry W. Putman Professor of Religion and chair of religion department, dean of graduate school, 1992-. Publications: Slave Religion: The "Invisible Institution" in the Antebellum South, 1978; A Fire in the Bones: Reflections on African-American Religious History, 1995. Contributor to periodicals. Address: Princeton University, Graduate School, Office of the Dean, Princeton, NJ 08544, U.S.A.