Holmes, Barbara Ann,  1943- <br/><br/>
Joy unspeakable :  contemplative practices of the black church / 
Barbara A. Holmes. 
 - Second  edition. 
 - 1 online resource (xxxix, 218 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781506421629 1506421628 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>22573/ctt1tmqgvx  JSTOR 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African Americans--Religion.<br/>African American Christians--Religious life.<br/>Contemplation.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BR563.B53  / H6536 2017eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>248.3/4/08996073