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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Treatments of the Sacred, Spiritual, and Supernatural in Twentieth-Century African American Fiction James W. Coleman. southern literary studies fred hobson, editor faithful vision treatments of the sacred, spiritual, and supernatural in.
Treatments of the Sacred, Spiritual, and Supernatural in Twentieth-Century African American Fiction James W. Coleman. faithful vision treatments of the sacred, spiritual, and supernatural in twentieth-century african american fiction ...
... supernatural in twentieth-century African American fiction / James W. Coleman. p. cm.—(Southern literary studies) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 0-8071-3091-5 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. American fiction—African ...
... supernatural because belief is the only thing possible, in the final analysis, in the context of the African cultural background and black American culture and history. Particularly in light of a history of oppression, only faith can ...
... supernatural agency that accounts for African American suffering and oppression, that aids individual and collective survival and salvation, or that justifies what is beyond the scope of human understanding. Most broadly, faithful ...
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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