Coleman, James W.  1946- <br/><br/>
Faithful vision  treatments of the sacred, spiritual, and supernatural in twentieth-century African American fiction /  [electronic resource] : 
James W. Coleman. 
 - Baton Rouge :  Louisiana State University Press,  c2006. 
 - 252 p. 
 - Southern literary studies .
 - Southern literary studies. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-243) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2013. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American fiction--African American authors--History and criticism.<br/>Religion and literature--History--United States--20th century.<br/>American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century<br/>Religious fiction, American--History and criticism.<br/>African Americans in literature.<br/>Spiritual life in literature.<br/>Supernatural in literature.<br/>Spiritualism in literature.<br/>Holy, The, in literature.<br/>Faith in literature.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS374.N4  / C643 2006eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>813/.509382