Joy unspeakable Contemplative practices of the Black church
Book - 2017
"The second edition of Joy Unspeakable focuses on the black church and points toward a mystical and communal spirituality not within the exclusive domain of any denomination. Holmes's research--through oral histories, church records, and written accounts--details not only ways in which contemplative experience is built into African American collective worship but also the legacy of African monasticism, a history of spiritual exemplars, spiritual and political activism, and unique meditative worship practices"--Cover.
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Minneapolis, MN :
Fortress Press
[2017]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Physical Description
- xxxix, 218 pages ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-207) and index.
- ISBN
- 9781506421612
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Introduction: An Unlikely Legacy
- 1. Contemplation: A Cultural and Spiritual History
- 2. Retrieving Lost Legacies: Contemplation in West Africa
- 3. Every Shut Eye Ain't Sleep: The Inner Life During Slavery
- 4. Come Ye Disconsolate: Contemplation in Black Church Congregational Life
- 5. Joy Comes in the Morning: Contemplative Themes in African American Biblical Interpretation
- 6. Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Us Around: Contemplation, Activism, and Praxis
- 7. Black Lives Matter and the Black Church: Twenty-First-Century Contemplative Activism
- 8. Deep Rivers: The Contemplative Presidency of Barack Hussein Obama
- 9. At the Crossroads: Art, Activism, and the Contemplative Life
- Afterword: Toward a Future Together
- Suggested Readings
- Index of Subjects and Names