Reclaiming Spirit in the Black Faith Tradition
This work attempts to uncover the function of religion for those degraded on the basis of race. Accordingly, Recalibrating Spirit reveals the role of religion in critical reflection on and active protest against negative assertions about racial identity i
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Reclaiming Spirit in the Black Faith Tradition
10.1057/9781137269119 - Reclaiming Spirit in the Black Faith Tradition, Derek S. Hicks
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By Derek S. Hicks
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Reclaiming Spirit in the Black Faith Tradition
reclaiming spirit in the black faith tradition Copyright © Derek S. Hicks, 2012. All rights reserved.
Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978-1-137-26910-2 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hicks, Derek S. Reclaiming spirit in the Black faith tradition / Derek S. Hicks. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-137-26910-2 (hardback) 1. African Americans—Religion. 2. Black theology. I. Title. BR563.N4H49 2012 230.089’96073—dc22 2012021461 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Scribe Inc. First edition: November 2012 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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In Memoriam Wilman Dean Sr., Albert Johnson, Wilman Dean Jr., and Lewis McGlothen: my fictive fathers
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For Sadie, Renae, Cheryl, Clarke, and Charli: my champions
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Acknowledgments Preface: On the Paradox of the Plantation Church Introduction: Contemplating the Mechanics of Black Faith
ix xiii 1
I
Wounding the Body
1
The Void
19
2
The Debasement Campaign
35
3
Politics and the Macabre Arena
63
II Reclaiming the Spirit 4
Self-Amending Notions of Black Faith
5
Toward a Hermeneutic of Reclamation in the Study of
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