Black religion and aesthetics : religious thought and life in Africa and the African diaspora / edited by Anthony B. Pinn

Object Details

Author

Pinn, Anthony B

Contents

Introduction: The Black labyrinth, aesthetics, and Black religion / Anthony B. Pinn -- North and South America: A beautiful be-ing : religious humanism and the aesthetics of a new salvation / Anthony B. Pinn. The foolish woman grows angry because they teach her : influences of sexism in Black church worship / Nancy Lynne Westfield. Spiritual matters : the aesthetics of ritual substances in Umbanda / Lindsay L. Hale. From Hattie to Halle : Black female bodies and spectatorship as ritual in Hollywood cinema / Carol B. Duncan -- The Caribbean: Sacred forms, ritual, representation, and the body in Haitian painting / Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert. Dancing with Ochún : imagining how a Black goddess became white / Miguel A. De La Torre -- Europe: Black suit matters : faith, politics, and representation in the religious documentary / Robert Beckford. A dialectical spirituality of improvisation : the ambiguity of Black engagements with sacred texts / Anthony G. Reddie -- Africa: The aesthetic dimensions of religion in South Africa : Africa initiated churches considered / Linda E. Thomas. Aesthetics in African art : implications for African theology / Elias K. Bongmba

2009

Type

Books

Physical description

viii, 220 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place

Africa

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic

Blacks--Religion

Aesthetics--Religious aspects

African diaspora

Aesthetics, African

Religion

Record ID

siris_sil_1028953

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0