Honoring the Ancestors: An African Cultural Interpretation of Black Religion and Literature

Author:   Donald H. Matthews (Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Naropa University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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Pages:   192
Publication Date:   29 November 2012
Format:   Paperback
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Honoring the Ancestors: An African Cultural Interpretation of Black Religion and Literature


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Author:   Donald H. Matthews (Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Naropa University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.249kg
ISBN:  

9780199963997


ISBN 10:   0199963991
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   29 November 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Interpretation and the African American Situation 2. Cultural Contact and Cultural Space: The Dialectics of Negation and Resistance 3. A Theology of the Spirituals: The Spirituals as Postmodern Discource 4. Black Literary Criticism and Narrative Hermeneutics 5. An Analysis of All God's Dangers Based on the Spirituals 6. The Spirituals: An African Cultural Narrative Theology Postscript Notes Bibliography Index

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Matthews has done a valuable service in Honoring the Ancestors. It is a remarkable study of African American life, culture, and spirituality. His ingenious four Fs will change the way readers and critics think about black literature. He avoids the typical approaches to well-worn themes African American literature and culture. Matthews is an incisive and original interpreter. He is smart and spiritually inspiring as he unlocks rarely discussed or acknowledged truths. --Thabiti Lewis, author of Ballers of the New School: Race, Sport, and American Culture


<br> Matthews has done a valuable service in Honoring the Ancestors. It is a remarkable study of African American life, culture, and spirituality. His ingenious four Fs will change the way readers and critics think about black literature. He avoids the typical approaches to well-worn themes African American literature and culture. Matthews is an incisive and original interpreter. He is smart and spiritually inspiring as he unlocks rarely discussed or acknowledged truths. --Thabiti Lewis, author of Ballers of the New School: Race, Sport, and American Culture<p><br>


Matthews has done a valuable service in Honoring the Ancestors. It is a remarkable study of African American life, culture, and spirituality. His ingenious four Fs will change the way readers and critics think about black literature. He avoids the typical approaches to well-worn themes African American literature and culture. Matthews is an incisive and original interpreter. He is smart and spiritually inspiring as he unlocks rarely discussed or acknowledged truths. * Thabiti Lewis, author of Ballers of the New School: Race, Sport, and American Culture *


Matthews has done a valuable service in Honoring the Ancestors. It is a remarkable study of African American life, culture, and spirituality. His ingenious four Fs will change the way readers and critics think about black literature. He avoids the typical approaches to well-worn themes African American literature and culture. Matthews is an incisive and original interpreter. He is smart and spiritually inspiring as he unlocks rarely discussed or acknowledged truths. Thabiti Lewis, author of Ballers of the New School: Race, Sport, and American Culture


Author Information

Donald H. Matthews is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Lead Faculty of the Master of Divinity Program at Naropa University.

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