The relationship of James Baldwinâ s life and work to Black religion is in many ways complex and confounding. What is he doing through his literary deployment of religious language and symbols?
The relationship of James Baldwinâ s life and work to Black religion is in many ways complex and confounding. What is he doing through his literary deployment of religious language and symbols?
Christopher W. Hunt is Assistant Professor of Religion at Colorado College.
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Preface viii Introduction 1 1 Jimmy's Queer "Threshing-Floor": Transformation and the Role of Disidentification in Baldwin's Fiction 17 2 Jimmy's Communion: Race, Peoplehood, and the Tone of (Black) Community 44 3 Jimmy's Eschaton: Hope in "the New Jerusalem" 74 4 Jimmy's "Man": The Problem of Sexism in Baldwin's Literature 102 5 Jimmy's (A)Theology: Toward a Black Agnostic Mysticism 130 Coda 149 Acknowledgments 153 Notes 157 Bibliography 213 Index 221
Preface viii Introduction 1 1 Jimmy's Queer "Threshing-Floor": Transformation and the Role of Disidentification in Baldwin's Fiction 17 2 Jimmy's Communion: Race, Peoplehood, and the Tone of (Black) Community 44 3 Jimmy's Eschaton: Hope in "the New Jerusalem" 74 4 Jimmy's "Man": The Problem of Sexism in Baldwin's Literature 102 5 Jimmy's (A)Theology: Toward a Black Agnostic Mysticism 130 Coda 149 Acknowledgments 153 Notes 157 Bibliography 213 Index 221
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