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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... individual struggle related to the group experience, just as the Bible does, and encompasses the personal need to do what is necessary—good, bad, and indeterminate—to survive and accomplish goals. Biblical grace is a practical doctrine ...
... individual self. Among its vast complexities, the Bible presents the Old Testament story of God's plan that allows human perfidy, oppression, and suffering; the New Testament story of Christ and the doctrine of saving grace; and ...
... individual and collective survival and salvation, or that justifies what is beyond the scope of human understanding. Most broadly, faithful vision is the saving, sustaining belief that African Americans find collectively and ...
... individuals' attempts to fulfill their needs. Black writers before 1937 seldom deny the existence or importance of God: “It is tremendously revealing to note that Negro 'classical' writers have, for the most part, adhered rather closely ...
... individual and group awareness of this interplay, but it is unclear to what extent individuals and communities since then have retained voodoo/hoodoo influence unconsciously while being consciously Christian and implicitly and ...
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 |