African American atheists and political liberation : a study of the sociocultural dynamics of faith /

African American atheists and political liberation : a study of the sociocultural dynamics of faith /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lackey, Michael
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2007]
Series:History of African-American religions.
Subjects:
Wright, Richard, > 1908-1960 > Criticism and interpretation.
Larsen, Nella > Criticism and interpretation.
Hughes, Langston, > 1902-1967 > Criticism and interpretation.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
Atheism and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
African Americans in literature.
African Americans > Religion.
African American authors > Political and social views.
Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • Frantz Fanon and J. Saunders Redding : the psychological and political necessity of atheism
  • The humanist/atheist controversy in Richard Wright's The outsider
  • No means yes : the conversion narrative as rape scene in Nella Larsen's Quicksand
  • Langston Hughes : the sociocultural structuring of God, desire, and the law
  • Touchstone narratives: measuring the value of the God concept.