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Cut loose your stammering tongue : Black theology in the slave narratives

Title
Cut loose your stammering tongue : Black theology in the slave narratives / edited by Dwight N. Hopkins and George C.L. Cummings.
Publication
  • Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster John Knox Press, [2003]
  • ©2003

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Additional Authors
  • Hopkins, Dwight N.
  • Cummings, George C. L.
Description
xvi, 205 p.; 23 cm.
Summary
Table of ContentsIntroduction by Will Coleman1. Slave Theology in the "Invisible Institution" by Dwight N. Hopkins2. The Slave Narratives as a Source of Black Theological Discourse: The Spirit and Eschatology by George C. L. Cummings3. "Coming through 'Ligion": Metaphor in Non-Christian and Christian Experiences with the Spirit(s) in African American Slave Narratives by Will Coleman4. Liberation Ethics in the Ex-Slave Interviews by Cheryl J. Sanders5. Slave Narratives, Black Theology of Liberation (USA), and the Future by George C. L. Cummings6. By Perseverance and Unwearied Industry by Joan Martin7. Godforsakenness in African American Spirituals by David Goatley8. "Wading through Marry Sorrows": Toward a Theology of Suffering in Womanist Perspective by M. Shawn Copeland.
Subject
  • Black theology > History
  • Enslaved persons' writings, American > History and criticism
  • Enslaved persons > United States > Intellectual life
  • Enslaved persons > Religious life > United States
  • African Americans > Religion
  • African Americans > Religion
  • Black theology
  • Enslaved persons > Religious life
  • Enslaved persons' writings, American
  • Mündliche Überlieferung
  • Frömmigkeit
  • Theologie
  • Sklave
  • Christentum
  • United States
  • USA
  • Schwärze
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-197) and index.
Contents
Introduction / Will Coleman -- Slave Theology in the "Invisible Institution" / Dwight N. Hopkins -- The Slave Narratives as a Source of Black Theological Discourse: The Spirit and Eschatology / George C.L. Cummings -- "Coming through 'Ligion'": Metaphor in Non-Christian and Christian Experiences with the Spirit(s) in African American Slave Narratives / Will Coleman -- Liberation Ethics in the Ex-Slave Interviews / Cheryl J. Sanders -- Slave Narratives, Black Theology of Liberation (USA), and the Future / George C.L. Cummings -- By Perseverance and Unwearied Industry / Joan Martin -- Godforsakenness in African American Spirituals / David Emmanuel Goatley -- "Wading through Many Sorrows": Toward a Theology of Suffering in Womanist Perspective / M. Shawn Copeland -- Notes -- Contributors -- Index.
ISBN
  • 0664225217
  • 9780664225216
LCCN
2003041174
OCLC
  • ocm51637820
  • 51637820
  • SCSB-1319698
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library