Faithful Vision: Treatments of the Sacred, Spiritual, and Supernatural in Twentieth-Century African American Fiction

Contents

contents introduction · 1 Faithful Vision Its Definition and Significance in African American Culture and Fiction chapter 1 · 16 African American Faithful Belief Imposing Social Determinism, Naturalism, and Modernism chapter 2 · 43 The Centrality of Religious Faith Communal Acceptance, Textual Ambiguity, and Paradox chapter 3 · 77 Critiquing Christian Belief The Text as Prophecy of Different Ways of Seeing Salvation chapter 4 · 118 Rejecting God and Redefining Faith Portrayals of Black Women’s Spirituality chapter 5 · 156 Reshaping and Radicalizing Faith The Diasporic Vision and Practice of Hoodoo conclusion · 197 Fiction, Life, and Faithful Vision Final Thoughts on Its Overall Portrayal and Relevance notes · 205 bibliography · 233 index · 245 f a i t h f u l v i s i o n ...