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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Fortress Press, 2017Edition: Second editionDescription: 1 online resource (xxxix, 218 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781506421629
  • 1506421628
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Joy Unspeakable : Contemplative Practices of the Black Church - Second Edition.DDC classification:
  • 248.3/4/08996073 23
LOC classification:
  • BR563.B53 H6536 2017eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Introduction: 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: Joy Unspeakable focuses on the aspects of the black church that point beyond particular congregational gatherings 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, and unique meditative worship practices.
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E-resource ULS E-Resources ULS E-resource Available EBC5065305
E-resource ULS E-Resources ULS E-resource Project Muse Phl. and Rel. 2017 BR563.B53 H6536 2017eb Available on1005613176

Print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Introduction: 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.

Joy Unspeakable focuses on the aspects of the black church that point beyond particular congregational gatherings 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, and unique meditative worship practices.

Project MUSE Project Muse 2017 Philosophy and Religion

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