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Joy unspeakable : contemplative practices of the Black church / Barbara A. Holmes.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, ©2017Edition: 2nd editionDescription: xxxix, 218 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 150642161X
  • 9781506421612
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 248.3/408996073 23
Contents:
Introduction: An unlikely legacy -- Contemplation : a cultural and spiritual history -- Retrieving lost legacies : contemplation in West Africa -- Every shut eye ain't sleep : the inner life during slavery -- Come ye disconsolate : contemplation in black church congregational life -- Joy comes in the morning : contemplative themes in African American biblical interpretation -- Ain't gonna let nobody turn us around : contemplation, activism, and praxis -- Black lives matter and the black church : twenty-first-century contemplative activism -- Deep rivers : the contemplative presidency of Barack Hussein Obama -- At the crossroads : art, activism, and the contemplative life -- Afterword: Toward a future together.
Summary: "The second edition of Joy Unspeakable focuses on the black church and points toward a mystical and communal spirituality not within the exclusive domain of any denomination. Holmes's research--through oral histories, church records, and written accounts--details not only ways in which contemplative experience is built into African American collective worship but also the legacy of African monasticism, a history of spiritual exemplars, spiritual and political activism, and unique meditative worship practices"--Cover.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Print book for loan Krauth Memorial Branch Philadelphia General Collection BR563.N4 H6536 2017 Available 31794003166585
Print book for loan Lineberger Memorial Library Southern Circulating Collection (Main & Upper Levels) BR563.N4 H6536 2017 Available 35898001722814
Print book for loan Wentz Memorial Branch Gettysburg General Collection (Lower Level) BR563.N4 H6536 2017 1 Available 31826003486793

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-207) and index.

"The second edition of Joy Unspeakable focuses on the black church and points toward a mystical and communal spirituality not within the exclusive domain of any denomination. Holmes's research--through oral histories, church records, and written accounts--details not only ways in which contemplative experience is built into African American collective worship but also the legacy of African monasticism, a history of spiritual exemplars, spiritual and political activism, and unique meditative worship practices"--Cover.

Introduction: An unlikely legacy -- Contemplation : a cultural and spiritual history -- Retrieving lost legacies : contemplation in West Africa -- Every shut eye ain't sleep : the inner life during slavery -- Come ye disconsolate : contemplation in black church congregational life -- Joy comes in the morning : contemplative themes in African American biblical interpretation -- Ain't gonna let nobody turn us around : contemplation, activism, and praxis -- Black lives matter and the black church : twenty-first-century contemplative activism -- Deep rivers : the contemplative presidency of Barack Hussein Obama -- At the crossroads : art, activism, and the contemplative life -- Afterword: Toward a future together.

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