Yolanda Pierce

Broschiertes Buch

Hell Without Fires

Slavery, Christianity, and the Antebellum Spiritual Narrative

Beschreibung

Examines the spiritual and earthly results of conversion to Christianity for African-American antebellum writers. Using autobiographical narratives, the book shows how black writers transformed the earthly hell of slavery into a â New Jerusalemâ , a place they could call home.

Autor

Yolanda Pierce, a scholar of African American literature and religion and womanist theology, is the author of In My Grandmother's House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit.

Produktdetails

• History of African-American Religions
• Verlag: University Press of Florida
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 260g
• ISBN-13: 9780813068596
• ISBN-10: 0813068592
• Artikelnr.: 62517996