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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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