Holmes, Barbara Ann,  1943- <br/><br/>
Joy unspeakable :  contemplative practices of the Black church / 
Barbara A. Holmes. 
 - 2nd edition. 
 - xxxix, 218 pages ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-207) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> "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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>150642161X 9781506421612 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African Americans--Religion.<br/>Contemplation.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>248.3/408996073