Black bodies and the Black church : a blues slant / / by Kelly Brown Douglas

• Autore: Douglas Kelly Brown
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2012.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (227 p.)
• Disciplina: 270.08996073; 277.30089/96073; 277.3008996073
• Soggetto topico: African American churches; Black theology; African Americans - Religion; Black people - Religion; Discrimination - Religious aspects - Christianity; Christianity; Cultural and Media Studies, general; Sociology of Religion; History of Religion; Gender Studies; Performing Arts
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: Black body/Black church: a blues slant -- Crazy blues -- Somebody's angel child -- The Devil's gonna get you -- "Hear me talkn' to ya" -- Down at the crossroads -- A crossroads God -- Black and blues church -- Blues coda: back to the crossroads.
• Sommario/riassunto: Blues is absolutely vital to Black theological reflection and to the Black church's existence. In Black Bodies and the Black Church , author Kelly Douglas Brown develops a blues crossroad theology, which allows the Black church to remain true to itself and relevant in Black lives.; "There is a problem in the black church. It is a problem with black bodies and a blues problem. This book addresses these problems head-on. It proclaims that as long as the black church cannot be a home for certain bodies, such as LGBT bodies, then it has forsaken its very black faith identity. The black church must find a way back to itself. Kelly Brown Douglas argues that the way back is through the blues."--Publisher's website.
• Titolo autorizzato: Black bodies and the Black church
• ISBN: 1-137-09143-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809291203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice