James Baldwin's God

James Baldwin's God
Author :
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
Total Pages : 176
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1572332301
ISBN-13 : 9781572332300
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Book Synopsis James Baldwin's God by : Clarence E. Hardy

Download or read book James Baldwin's God written by Clarence E. Hardy and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Baldwin's relationship with black Christianity, and especially his rejection of it, exposes the anatomy of a religious heritage that has not been wrestled with sufficiently in black theological and religious studies. In James Baldwin's God: Sex, Hope, and Crisis in Black Holiness Culture, Clarence hardy demonstrates that Baldwin is important not only for the ways he is connected to black religious culture, but also for the ways he chooses to disconnect himself from it. Despite Baldwin's view that black religious expression harbors a sensibility that is often vengeful and that its actual content is composed of illusory promises and empty theatrics, he remains captive to its energies, rhythms, languages, and themes. Baldwin is forced, on occasion, to acknowledge that the religious fervor he saw as an adolescent was not simply an expression of repressed sexual tension but also a sign of the irrepressible vigor and dignified humanity of black life. Hardy's reading of Baldwin's texts, with its goal of understanding Baldwin's attitude toward a religion that revolves around an uncaring God in the face of black suffering, provides provocative reading for scholars of religion, literature, and history. The Author: Clarence Hardy is an assistant professor of religion at Dartmouth College. His articles have appeared in the Journal of Religion and Christianity and Crisis.


James Baldwin's God Related Books

African-American Holiness Pentecostal Movement
Language: en
Pages: 732
Authors: Sherry S. DuPree
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-09-13 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

First Published in 1996. Those of us who aspire to know about the black church in the African-American experience are never satisfied. We know so much more abou
James Baldwin's God
Language: en
Pages: 176
Authors: Clarence E. Hardy
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

James Baldwin's relationship with black Christianity, and especially his rejection of it, exposes the anatomy of a religious heritage that has not been wrestled
Black Catholics on the Road to Sainthood
Language: en
Pages: 77
Authors: Michael R. Heinlein, Editor
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-12-15 - Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Church in the United States is greatly blessed by the contributions of Black Catholics and the legacy of holiness of so many men and women of color. These m
Afro-Pentecostalism
Language: en
Pages: 272
Authors: Amos Yong
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-05-16 - Publisher: NYU Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In 2006, the contemporary American Pentecostal movement celebrated its 100th birthday. Over that time, its African American sector has been markedly influential
The Black Church
Language: en
Pages: 338
Authors: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-02-16 - Publisher: Penguin

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The instant New York Times bestseller and companion book to the PBS series. “Absolutely brilliant . . . A necessary and moving work.” —Eddie S. Glaude, Jr