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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814990003321

Autore

Young Josiah U (Josiah Ulysses)

Titolo

James Baldwin’s Understanding of God : Overwhelming Desire and Joy / / by J. Young

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014

ISBN

1-349-49791-6

1-137-45434-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice

Disciplina

818/.5409

Soggetti

Gender identity—Religious aspects

Religion and sociology

Religion—History

Ethnicity

Sociology

Religion and Gender

Religion and Society

History of Religion

Sociology of Religion

Ethnicity Studies

Gender Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Credo; 3 Born in a Christian Culture; 4 "In Search of a Majority"; 5 Scarred by the Rock; 6 Opening the Unusual Door; 7 Coming out the Wilderness; 8 Weighing Your Gods and You; 9 Declining to "Imitate the Son of the Morning"; 10 That Train's Long Gone; 11 The Black Issue of the Holy Ghost; 12 Ain't Nothing but Us up the Road; 13 A Miracle of Coherence and Release; 14 Postscript; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on Baldwin's experiences as a gifted black writer who fought valiantly against racism and wrote openly about



homosexual relationships. Baldwin's God is a 'mysteriously impersonal' force he calls love- 'something . . . like a fire, like the wind, something which can change you.'.