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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
James Baldwin chronicles a fourteen-year-old boy's discovery of the terms of his identity as the stepson of the minister of a storefront Pentecostal church in Harlem one Saturday in March of 1935. Baldwin's rendering of his protagonist's spiritual, sexual, and moral struggle of self-invention opened new possibilities in the American language and in the way Americans understand themselves.
Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Examines the history of religious practice by African Americans and the development of religious institutions, regional movements, and important personalities from the time of slavery up to the twentieth century.
Author
Publisher
Turtle Island
Pub. Date
1984, ©1983.
Language
English
Description
The Sanctified Church is a collection of Hurston's ground-breaking essays on Afro-American folklore, legend, popular mythology, and, in particular, the unique spiritual character of the Soouthern Black Christian Church. Along with preserving the customs, music, speech, and humor of rural Black America, The Sanctified Church introduces us to such extraordinary figures as Mother Catherine, matriarchal founder of a highly personal Voodoo Christian sect;...
Author
Publisher
HarperOne
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Theologian, social psychologist, and activist Christena Cleveland draws on her journey to dismantle the cultural 'whitemalegod' and discover the Sacred Black Feminine, weaving together personal story and research to introduce a Black Female God who imbues us with hope, trust, and presence." --