02223nam 22004813u 450 991045436780332120210114202800.01-280-52862-10-19-802319-7(CKB)1000000000718372(EBL)271236(OCoLC)476006684(MiAaPQ)EBC271236(EXLCZ)99100000000071837220140113d2006|||| u|| |engConjuring Culture[electronic resource] Biblical Formations of Black AmericaNew York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (304 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-506740-1 Contents; Introduction: Formulary; Part I: Ethnographic Perspectives; 1 Genesis; 2 Exodus; 3 Law; Part II: Theoretical Perspectives; 4 Spirituals; 5 Wisdom; 6 Prophecy; Part III: Theological Perspectives; 7 Gospel; 8 Praxis; 9 Apocalypse; Conclusion: Diaspora; Selected Bibliography; Index;This book provides a sophisticated new interdisciplinary interpretation of the formulation and evolution of African American religion and culture. Theophus Smith argues for the central importance of ""conjure""--a magical means of transforming reality--in black spirituality and culture. Smith shows that the Bible, the sacred text of Western civilization, has in fact functioned as a magical formulary for African Americans. Going back to slave religion, and continuing in black folk practice and literature to the present day, the Bible has provided African Americans with ritual prescriptions forAfrican AmericansMagicReligion and cultureTypology (Theology)Electronic books.African Americans.Magic.Religion and culture.Typology (Theology).277.308277.30808990673277.30808996073Smith Theophus H958981AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910454367803321Conjuring Culture2172686UNINA