Black religion and aesthetics religious thought and life in Africa and the African diaspora / edited by Anthony B. Pinn.

Other author Pinn, Anthony B.
Format Electronic
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan,
Descriptionviii, 220 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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Contents Introduction: The Black labyrinth, aesthetics, and Black religion / Anthony B. Pinn -- North and South America: 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 L. Hale. From Hattie to Halle : Black female bodies and spectatorship as ritual in Hollywood cinema / Carol B. Duncan -- The Caribbean: Sacred forms, ritual, representation, and the body in Haitian painting / Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert. Dancing with Ochún : imagining how a Black goddess became white / Miguel A. De La Torre -- Europe: Black suit matters : faith, politics, and representation in the religious documentary / Robert Beckford. A dialectical spirituality of improvisation : the ambiguity of Black engagements with sacred texts / Anthony G. Reddie -- Africa: The aesthetic dimensions of religion in South Africa : Africa initiated churches considered / Linda E. Thomas. Aesthetics in African art : implications for African theology / Elias K. Bongmba.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [205]-212) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
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LCCN 2008054677
ISBN0230605508
ISBN9780230605503

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