Faithful Vision: Treatments of the Sacred, Spiritual, and Supernatural in Twentieth-Century African American FictionLSU Press, 2006 - 264 pages "This is a marvelous and sustained discussion of 'faithful vision' and its significant influence on African American literature." -- American Literature |
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... causes and solutions, and more importantly, inwardly focused on a defining vision of religious and spiritual faithfulness with regard to African American life. This vision, like the Bible, Christianity, and the African worldview of ...
... causes the riot. In these characters, faithful vision is the deepest support of African American life through the generations; black life as lived on this street in Harlem would not be possible without it. The existence of African ...
... caused by white people and the inscrutable trials and tribulations imposed by God to a spiritual level that accesses God. White people think that they are superior and that they justly subjugate black people, but black experience is ...
... Cause that's what Gospel is. Singing praise to God's name. So I'ma sing a praise song and dedicate it to [my mother] the one loved me best on this earth. The one I loved best and still do. What a Friend. Yes, Lawd. What a Friend We Have ...
... caused Esther great pain, but Cecil's actions are part of God's plan that leads her to salvation and that, ironically, makes Cecil a saint (120). A Glance Away criticizes Esther as a woman accepting the biblical view of God's ...
Contents
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03 Critiquing Christian Belief | 77 |
04 Rejecting God and Redefining Faith | 118 |
05 Reshaping and Radicalizing Faith | 156 |
Fiction Life and Faitful Vision | 197 |
Notes | 205 |
Bibliography | 233 |
Index | 245 |
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Faithful Vision: Treatments of the Sacred, Spiritual, and Supernatural in ... James W. Coleman No preview available - 2009 |