Eric LincolnC. Eric Lincoln (1924-2000) was, at the time of his death, William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor Emeritus of Religion and Culture at Duke University. His widely acclaimed publications include The Black Muslims in America; The Black Church Since Frazier; Rce, Religion, and the Continuing American Dilemma; and, with Lawrence H. Mamiya, The Black Church in the African American Experience. He has also written a memoir, Coming through the Fire, and a collection of poems, This Road Since Freedom. He is the founding president of the Black Academy of Arts and Letters and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Read More Read Less