num_pages: 226
description: Holmes's research - through oral histories, church records, and written accounts - details not only ways in which contemplative experience is built into African American collective worship but also the legacy of African monasticism, a history of spiritual exemplars, and unique meditative worship practices.
language: English
title: Joy Unspeakable
titlecomplete: Joy Unspeakable
genres: African American, Theology, Christian Non Fiction, Nonfiction, Spirituality, Faith, Christian, Religion, Race, Christianity
ratings_count: 227
publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers