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Black religion and aesthetics : religious thought and life in Africa and the African diaspora /

A great deal of attention has been given to the sociopolitical and theological importance of Black Religion. However, of less academic concern up to this point is the aesthetic qualities that define much of what is said and done within the context of Black Religion. Recognizing the centrality of the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Pinn, Anthony B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Edición:1st ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • A Beautiful Be-ing: Religious Humanism and the Aesthetics of a New Salvation / Anthony B. Pinn
  • The Foolish Woman Grows Angry Because They Teach Her: Influences of Sexism in Black Church Worship / Nancy Lynne Westfield
  • Spiritual Matters: The Aesthetics of Ritual Substances in Umbanda / Lindsay Hale
  • From Hattie to Halle: Black Female Bodies and Spectatorship as Ritual in Hollywood Cinema / Carol B. Duncan
  • Giving Form to les invisibles: Spirits and Rituals in Haitian Painting / Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert
  • Dancing with Ochún: Imagining How a Black Goddess Became White / Miguel De La Torre
  • Black Suit Matters: Identity, Spirituality and Representation in the British Religious Documentary / Robert Beckford
  • A Dialectical Spirituality of Improvisation: The Ambiguity of Black Engagements with Sacred Texts / Anthony Reddie
  • The Aesthetic Dimensions of Religion in South Africa: Africa Initiated Churches Considered / Linda E. Thomas
  • Aesthetics in Africa Art: Implications for African Theology / Elias K. Bongmba.