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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... church life, reliance on the Bible, and the historical importance of religious faith, and therefore is particularly important in my study. Kenan's novel does not make religion and the church as central as Baldwin's does, but from the ...
... church was “a cosmic tale that began before time and ended with the clouds of the sky rolling away at the Second Coming of Christ; chronicles that concluded with the Armageddon; dramas thronged with all the billions of human beings who ...
... church that implies the connection of faithful vision to survival in the secular world. The “voice rose and fell in a rhythmical, dreamlike recital—part enumeration of earthly trials undergone by the congregation, part display of vocal ...
... church in New York. The old women the narrator meets (496) and the rest of the congregation are part of this new black corruption that is also American, but in the same way that they have dealt with the hardship and oppression of the ...
... church song precede singing the blues and consequently expressing himself intensely and honestly (66). Also a singer in the school chapel of “what the officials called 'primitive spirituals'” (47), Trueblood has appealed to the preacher ...
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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