Faithful vision [electronic resource] : treatments of the sacred, spiritual, and supernatural in twentieth-century African American fiction / James W. Coleman.
By: Coleman, James W. (James Wilmouth).
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BookSeries: Southern literary studies: Publisher: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2006Description: 252 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): American fiction -- African American authors -- History and criticism | Religion and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century | American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism | Religious fiction, American -- History and criticism | African Americans in literature | Spiritual life in literature | Supernatural in literature | Spiritualism in literature | Holy, The, in literature | Faith in literatureGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 813/.509382 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-243) and index.
African American faithful belief : imposing social determinism, naturalism, and modernism -- The centrality of religious faith : communal acceptance, textual ambiguity, and paradox -- Critiquing Christian belief : the text as prophecy of different ways of seeing salvation -- Rejecting God and redefining faith : portrayals of Black women's spirituality -- Reshaping and radicalizing faith : the diasporic vision and practice of hoodoo -- Conclusion : fiction, life, and faithful vision : final thoughts on its overall portrayal and relevance.
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