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Joy unspeakable : contemplative practices of the Black church / Barbara A. Holmes.

Holmes, Barbara Ann, 1943- (Author).

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  • 2 of 2 copies available at Asbury Theological Seminary.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
FL Campus BR563.N4 H6536 2004 1020918381 Stacks Available -
KY Campus BR563.N4 H6536 2004 1031019185 Stacks Available -

Record details

  • OCLC: ocm55220100
  • ISBN: 0800636430 (alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9780800636432
  • Physical Description: xi, 212 p. ; 22 cm.
  • Publisher: Fortress Press, c2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-202) and index.
Contents: Contemplation : a cultural and spiritual history -- Retrieving lost legacies : contemplation in West Africa -- Every shut eye ain't sleep : the inner life during slavery -- Come ye disconsolate : contemplation in Black church congregational life -- Joy comes in the morning : contemplative themes in African American Biblical interpretation -- Ain't gonna let nobody turn us around : contemplation, activism, and praxis -- At the crossroads : secular reclamations of the contemplative life.

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