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James Baldwin’s Understanding of God : Overwhelming Desire and Joy
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- Summary
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This book 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'...
This book 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.'.
Details
- Creator
- by J. Young
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed. 2014
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (241 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9781349497911, 1349497916, 9781137454348, 1137454342, 1322169039, 1137454334
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Credo; 3 Born in a Christian Culture; 4 "In Search of a Majority"; 5 Scarred by the Rock; 6 Opening the Unusual Door; 7 Coming out the Wilderness; 8 Weighing Your Gods and You; 9 Declining to "Imitate the Son of the Morning"; 10 That Train's Long Gone; 11 The Black Issue of the Holy Ghost; 12 Ain't Nothing but Us up the Road; 13 A Miracle of Coherence and Release; 14 Postscript; Notes; Bibliography; Index