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The courage to hope : from black suffering to human redemption : essays in honor of James Melvin Washington / edited by Quinton Hosford Dixie and Cornel West ; foreword by Vincent Harding.

Contributor(s): Dixie, Quinton Hosford | West, Cornel | Washington, James Melvin
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, [1999]Copyright date: ©1999Description: xiv, 267 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0807009539 (pbk.)Subject(s): African Americans -- ReligionDDC classification: 277.3/0089/96073 LOC classification: BR563.N4 | C69 1999Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-254) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : The intellectual legacy of James Melvin Washington / Quinton Hosford Dixie -- History. "God's all in this place" : God and historical writing in the postmodern era / David D. Daniels III -- Passage and prayer : the origin of religionin the Atlantic world / Charles H. Long -- "The blood of the martyrs is the seed of faith" : suffering in the Christianity of American slaves / Albert J. Raboteau -- Providence and the black Christian consensus : a historical essay on the African American religious experience / Sandy Dwayne Martin -- Evil & salvation. Waymaking and dimensions of responsibility : an African American perspective on salvation / Genna Rae McNeil -- "Calling the oppressors to account" : justice, love, and hope in black religion / James H. Cone -- Difference as evil / Judith Weisenfeld -- The politics of conversion and the civilization of Friday / Walter E. Fluker --
Preaching & scripture. Linking texts with contexts : the biblical sermon as social commentary / Carolyn Ann Knight -- What can we say to these things? : James Melvin Washington and preaching in the African American church tradition / Mark V. C. Taylor -- Preaching by punctuation : moving from texts and ideas to sermons that live with passion / Gary V. Simpson -- Have you not read what David did? : a sermon for Jim Washington / Richard Newman -- Church & community. Strangers and the homecoming : church and community in the grammar of faith / Dale T. Irvin -- Seeming silence and African American culture : interruption as a metaphor of transformation in the religious historiography of James Melvin Washington / Lucas Wilson -- "Some folks get happy and some folks don't" : diversity, community, and African American Christian spirituality / Cheryl Townsend Gilkes -- Letter to James : a conversation on archaeology and soul / E. Lee Hancock -- Benediction / Cornel West.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library Midrange BR563.N4 C69 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182902396957

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-254) and index.

Introduction : The intellectual legacy of James Melvin Washington / Quinton Hosford Dixie -- History. "God's all in this place" : God and historical writing in the postmodern era / David D. Daniels III -- Passage and prayer : the origin of religionin the Atlantic world / Charles H. Long -- "The blood of the martyrs is the seed of faith" : suffering in the Christianity of American slaves / Albert J. Raboteau -- Providence and the black Christian consensus : a historical essay on the African American religious experience / Sandy Dwayne Martin -- Evil & salvation. Waymaking and dimensions of responsibility : an African American perspective on salvation / Genna Rae McNeil -- "Calling the oppressors to account" : justice, love, and hope in black religion / James H. Cone -- Difference as evil / Judith Weisenfeld -- The politics of conversion and the civilization of Friday / Walter E. Fluker --

Preaching & scripture. Linking texts with contexts : the biblical sermon as social commentary / Carolyn Ann Knight -- What can we say to these things? : James Melvin Washington and preaching in the African American church tradition / Mark V. C. Taylor -- Preaching by punctuation : moving from texts and ideas to sermons that live with passion / Gary V. Simpson -- Have you not read what David did? : a sermon for Jim Washington / Richard Newman -- Church & community. Strangers and the homecoming : church and community in the grammar of faith / Dale T. Irvin -- Seeming silence and African American culture : interruption as a metaphor of transformation in the religious historiography of James Melvin Washington / Lucas Wilson -- "Some folks get happy and some folks don't" : diversity, community, and African American Christian spirituality / Cheryl Townsend Gilkes -- Letter to James : a conversation on archaeology and soul / E. Lee Hancock -- Benediction / Cornel West.

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