James Baldwin's understanding of God : overwhelming desire and joy /

James Baldwin's understanding of God : overwhelming desire and joy /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Young, Josiah U. (Josiah Ulysses), author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Description:	222 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Black religion/womanist thought/social justice Black religion, womanist thought, social justice.
Subject:	Baldwin, James, -- 1924-1987 -- Religion. Baldwin, James, -- 1924-1987. Christianity and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Christianity and literature. Religion. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10088973

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ISBN:	9781137454331 (alk. paper) 1137454334 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. Credo
3. Born in a Christian Culture
4. öIn Search of a Majorityö
5. Scarred by the Rock
6. Opening the Unusual Door
7. Coming out the Wilderness
8. Weighing Your Gods and You
9. Declining to ôImitate the Son of the Morningö
10. That TrainÆs Long Gone
11. The Black Issue of the Holy Ghost
12. AinÆt Nothing but Us up the Road
13. A Miracle of Coherence and Release
14. Postscript
Notes
Bibliography
Index