02430nam a2200445 a 4500 ebr10350304 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 050314s2006 lau sb 001 0 eng 2005007354 0807130915 (alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)562434088 n-us--- PS374.N4 C643 2006eb 813/.509382 22 Coleman, James W. (James Wilmouth), 1946- Faithful vision [electronic resource] : treatments of the sacred, spiritual, and supernatural in twentieth-century African American fiction / James W. Coleman. Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2006. 252 p. Southern literary studies Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-243) and index. African American faithful belief : imposing social determinism, naturalism, and modernism -- The centrality of religious faith : communal acceptance, textual ambiguity, and paradox -- Critiquing Christian belief : the text as prophecy of different ways of seeing salvation -- Rejecting God and redefining faith : portrayals of Black women's spirituality -- Reshaping and radicalizing faith : the diasporic vision and practice of hoodoo -- Conclusion : fiction, life, and faithful vision : final thoughts on its overall portrayal and relevance. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. American fiction African American authors History and criticism. Religion and literature United States History 20th century. American fiction 20th century History and criticism. Religious fiction, American History and criticism. African Americans in literature. Spiritual life in literature. Supernatural in literature. Spiritualism in literature. Holy, The, in literature. Faith in literature. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Southern literary studies. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10350304 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 29014 29014