The canonical Black body -- Bound no more: Charles Mason, Black scriptures, and the working-class body -- Deracinated democracy and the Black divine -- The whole body: alternative Christian economic self-determination and the Black Madonna -- Toward embodied freedom: crisis and collaborations on the margins of the Black church tradition.
"The Canonical Black Body" argues that central to the study of African American religions is a focus on the black body and the production and engagement of canons on the sacred black body within the black public sphere. Furthermore, this essay suggests that, by paying attention to alternative African American religions in the twentieth century, we can better engage the relationship between African American religion and the long history of creating these canons on the black body, debating their relationship to black freedom, and circulating the canons to contest the oppressive, exclusive practices of modern democracy. Through a critical engagement of the fields of Black Theology and New Religious Movements and using the resources offered by Delores Williams' accounts of variety and experience and Vincent Wimbush's category of signifying, this essay will argue for how a return to the body provides resources and tools for not only theorizing African American religions but thinking about the production and creation of competing black publics, including the important role of alternative black sacred publics.
"The Canonical Black Body" argues that central to the study of African American religions is a focus on the black body and the production and engagement of canons on the sacred black body within the black public sphere. Furthermore, this essay suggests that, by paying attention to alternative African American religions in the twentieth century, we can better engage the relationship between African American religion and the long history of creating these canons on the black body, debating their relationship to black freedom, and circulating the canons to contest the oppressive, exclusive practices of modern democracy. Through a critical engagement of the fields of Black Theology and New Religious Movements and using the resources offered by Delores Williams' accounts of variety and experience and Vincent Wimbush's category of signifying, this essay will argue for how a return to the body provides resources and tools for not only theorizing African American religions but thinking about the production and creation of competing black publics, including the important role of alternative black sacred publics. View Full-Text
Lettre du capitaine Joseph Edmends, commandant la Pilas, an Right Hon. Earl Saint Vincent, premier lord de l'Amiraute (traduction française). Notes remises à m. le capitaine Joseph Edmonds pour lui rappeler en son temps les articles praneipaux de nes conférences politiques à lord deson navire [rédigées par Lascaris] ; Mode of access: Internet.