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James Baldwin's god : sex, hope, and crisis in black holiness culture / Clarence E. Hardy III.
Van Pelt Library PS3552.A45 Z68 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hardy, Clarence E., 1970-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baldwin, James, 1924-1987--Religion.
- Baldwin, James.
- Baldwin, James, 1924-1987.
- Christianity and literature--United States--History--20th century.
- Christianity and literature.
- Holiness churches.
- Religion.
- United States.
- History.
- Race--Religious aspects--Holiness churches.
- Race.
- Sex--Religious aspects--Holiness churches.
- Sex.
- Holiness churches--United States.
- African Americans--Religion.
- African Americans.
- Religion in literature.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 147 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2003]
- Contents:
- But the city was real : religion as bloodless theater
- Conversion, the self, and ugliness : Black bodies before a white God
- Just as Black : a malevolent God and the permanence of Black suffering
- But the body was real : sex, love, and the character of revelatory experience
- A pulpit beyond the church : activism, fire, and the coming judment on (white) America.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [115]-141) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1572332301
- OCLC:
- 51900510
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