Grave Preaching: Homiletical Violence in the Face of Grief

The myth of the African American's ability to separate ourselves from our pain was born amidst the unprecedented violence and innumerable deaths of the Transatlantic Slave trade. It continued throughout the three centuries of enslavement of people of African descent in America. In America, ther...

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Main Author: Johnson, Carlton D. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. 2024
In: Theology today
Year: 2024, Volume: 81, Issue: 1, Pages: 27-34
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
FD Contextual theology
KBQ North America
RE Homiletics
RG Pastoral care
Further subjects:B Grief
B Homiletics
B Lament
B Black
B Mourning
B African American
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