Faithful Vision: Treatments of the Sacred, Spiritual, and Supernatural in Twentieth-Century African American Fiction"This is a marvelous and sustained discussion of 'faithful vision' and its significant influence on African American literature." -- American Literature |
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... Old Testament story of God's plan that allows human perfidy, oppression, and suffering; the New Testament story of Christ and the doctrine of saving grace; and prescriptions of moral law. In Romans 9:13-26 of the King James Bible, Paul ...
... Old Testament “Lords anointed” from whom Gabriel takes his title, and like King David he does destructive things to other people, particularly women. Why is David not only the “Lord's anointed” but the “Lord's anointed” from whom the ...
... Old Testament and the New Testament.12 “The light and the darkness had kissed each other, and were married now, forever, in the life and the vision of John's soul. I, John, saw a city, way in the middle of the air, Waiting, waiting ...
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Contents
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03 Critiquing Christian Belief | 77 |
04 Rejecting God and Redefining Faith | 118 |
05 Reshaping and Radicalizing Faith | 156 |
Fiction Life and Faitful Vision | 197 |
Notes | 205 |
Bibliography | 233 |
Index | 245 |
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Faithful Vision: Treatments of the Sacred, Spiritual, and Supernatural in ... James W. Coleman No preview available - 2009 |