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James Baldwin's understanding of God : overwhelming desire and joy /
"James Baldwin's Understanding of God 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 ... lik...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2014]
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | Black religion, womanist thought, social justice.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "James Baldwin's Understanding of God 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.' For Baldwin, 'To be with God is really to be involved with some enormous, overwhelming desire, and joy, and power which you cannot control, which controls you.' Young covers James Baldwin's life from his mid-teens to his death through accounts and analyses of his essays and novels. Sometimes his 'theology' -- what he has to say about his 'God' -- comes straight from his text; other times Young deduces it from his nonfiction prose and the implications of his novels and their protagonists. Young places those works in the context of several historic events that were taking place in the United States at that time"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (222 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781137454348 1137454342 9781349497911 1349497916 |