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Black Bodies and the Black Church : A Blues Slant / by Kelly Brown Douglas.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Douglas, Kelly Brown, Author.
- Series:
- Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice, 2945-6983
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christianity.
- Communication.
- Culture--Study and teaching.
- Culture.
- Religion and sociology.
- Religion--History.
- Religion.
- Sex.
- Media and Communication.
- Cultural Studies.
- Sociology of Religion.
- History of Religion.
- Gender Studies.
- Local Subjects:
- Christianity.
- Media and Communication.
- Cultural Studies.
- Sociology of Religion.
- History of Religion.
- Gender Studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (227 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2012.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Blues is absolutely vital to black theological reflection and to the black church's existence. In Black Bodies and the Black Church , author Kelly Douglas Brown develops a blues crossroad theology, which allows the black church to remain true to itself and relevant in black lives.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Black body/Black church: a blues slant
- Crazy blues
- Somebody's angel child
- The Devil's gonna get you
- "Hear me talkn' to ya"
- Down at the crossroads
- A crossroads God
- Black and blues church
- Blues coda: back to the crossroads.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137091437
- 1137091436
- OCLC:
- 830163712
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