Joy Unspeakable: Contemplative Practices of the Black Church (2nd edition)

Holmes, Barbara A.

ISBN 10: 150642161X / ISBN 13: 9781506421612

Verlag: Fortress Press, 2017

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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. This mystical aspect of the black church is deeply implicated in the well-being of African American people but is not the focus of their intentional reflection. Moreover, its traditions are deeply ensconced within the historical memory of the wider society and can be found in Coltrane's riffs, Malcolm's exhortations, the social activism of the Black Lives Matter Movement and the presidency of Barack Hussein Obama. The research in this book-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. A groundbreaking work in its original edition, Joy Unspeakable now appears in a new, revised edition to address the effects of this contemplative tradition on activism and politics and to speak to a new generation of readers and scholars.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Barbara A. Holmes is author of Dreaming (Fortress Press, 2012), Liberation and the Cosmos: Conversations with the Elders (Fortress Press, 2008), Race and the Cosmos: An Invitation to View the World Differently (Fortress Press, 2002), A Private Woman in Public Spaces (2000), and other publications. She is president emerita of United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities and formerly professor of ethics and African American religious studies and vice president of Academic Affairs at Memphis Theological Seminary.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Joy Unspeakable: Contemplative Practices of ...
Verlag: Fortress Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: very_good
Auflage: 2. Auflage