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9780800636432

Joy Unspeakable : Contemplative Practices of the Black Church

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  • ISBN13:

    9780800636432

  • ISBN10:

    0800636430

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-07-01
  • Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Pub
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Author Biography

Barbara A. Holmes is Associate Professor of Ethics and African American Religious Studies at Memphis Theological Seminary.

Table of Contents

Preface v
Introduction: An Unlikely Legacy 1(23)
1. Contemplation: A Cultural and Spiritual History 24(23)
2. Retrieving Lost Legacies: Contemplation in West Africa 47(21)
3. Every Shut Eye Ain't Sleep: The Inner Life during Slavery 68(22)
4. Come Ye Disconsolate: Contemplation in Black Church Congregational Life 90(29)
5. Joy Comes in the Morning: Contemplative Themes in African American Biblical Interpretation 119(19)
6. Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Us Around: Contemplation, Activism, and Praxis 138(31)
7. At the Crossroads: Secular Reclamations of the Contemplative Life 169(15)
Afterword: Toward a Future Together 184(3)
Notes 187(16)
Index 203

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