Black suffering : silent pain, hidden hope. / James Henry Harris.

Author/creator Harris, James H., 1952- author.
Format Book
PublicationMinneapolis : Fortress Press, [2020]
Descriptionxii, 250 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Preface -- Introduction -- Prelude: "The Color of Suffering" -- Evil and Black Suffering -- Interlude: "Brothers of Randolph Street" -- W. E. B. Du Bois and Black Consciousness: An Awakened Self -- Interlude: "The Prison Visit" -- Nat Turner: Insurrection and Freedom -- Interlude: "Plantation" -- Reading Toni Morrison: Suffering and Hope -- Dimensions of Suffering and Hope -- Interlude: "Powell Street Station-Purgatory in Paradise" -- Black Suffering and Struggle -- The Un-silent Side of the Oppressed -- Suffering and Hope.
Abstract Harris shows the practical impact of suffering upon church leaders as they seek to forge a path forward to address this troubling issue. Black Suffering is a call to consciousness, a work that begins a larger conversation for correcting the historical weight of suffering carried by Black people.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index
ISBN1506464386 hardcover
ISBN9781506464381 hardcover

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Joyner General Stacks E185.625 .H37 2020 ✔ Available Place Hold