Black Religion and Aesthetics : Religious Thought and Life in Africa and the African Diaspora.
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| Other Authors / Creators: | Pinn, Anthony B. |
| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | New York : Palgrave Macmillan US, 2009. |
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| Local Note: | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2023. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Half-Title
- Contributors
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Black Labyrinth, Aesthetics, and Black Religion
- Part 1 North and South America
- 1 A Beautiful Be-ing: Religious Humanism and the Aesthetics of a New Salvation
- 2 The Foolish Woman Grows Angry Because They Teach Her: Influences of Sexism in Black Church Worship
- 3 Spiritual Matters: The Aesthetics of Ritual Substances in Umbanda
- 4 From Hattie to Halle: Black Female Bodies and Spectatorship as Ritual in Hollywood Cinema
- Part 2 The Caribbean
- 5 Sacred Forms: Ritual, Representation, and the Body in Haitian Painting
- 6 Dancing with Ochún: Imagining How a Black Goddess Became White
- Part 3 Europe
- 7 Black Suit Matters: Faith, Politics, and Representation in the Religious Documentary
- 8 A Dialectical Spirituality of Improvisation: The Ambiguity of Black Engagements with Sacred Texts
- Part 4 Africa
- 9 The Aesthetic Dimensions of Religion in South Africa: Africa Initiated Churches Considered
- 10 Aesthetics in African Art: Implications for African Theology
- Selected Bibliography
- Index.