Faithful vision : treatments of the sacred, spiritual, and supernatural in twentieth-century African American fiction /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Coleman, James W. (James Wilmouth), 1946-2019
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2006]
Subjects:	Faith in literature. Holy, The, in literature. Spiritualism in literature. Supernatural in literature. Spiritual life in literature. African Americans in literature. Religious fiction, American > History and criticism. American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism. Religion and literature > United States > History > 20th century. American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

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.