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Pillars of Cloud and Fire : The Politics of Exodus in African American Biblical Interpretation /

At the birth of the United States, African Americans were excluded from the newly-formed Republic and its churches, which saw them as savage rather than citizen and as heathen rather than Christian. Denied civil access to the basic rights granted to others, African Americans have developed their own...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Marbury, Herbert Robinson (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Exodus: Israelite deliverance and antebellum hope
  • Exodus in the wilderness: making bitter water sweet
  • Exodus and Hurston: toward a humanist critique of Black religion in the Harlem Renaissance
  • Exodus in the Civil Rights era: returning the struggle to the Black church
  • Exodus at the intersection of the Black Power Movement and the Black church
  • Conclusion: Cloud, fire, and beyond.