Imagining grace
Subtitle: liberating theologies in the slave narrative tradition
By: Kimberly Rae Connor.
Contributors: Connor, Kimberly Rae, 1957-.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
Subjects: Liberation theology -- United States.; Slaves' writings, American -- History and criticism.
Description: "In this study, Kimberly Rae Connor surveys examples of contemporary literature, drama, art, and music that extend the literary tradition of African-American slave narratives. Revealing the powerful creative links between this tradition and liberation theology's search for grace, she shows how these artworks profess a liberating theology of racial empathy and reconciliation, even if not in traditionally Christian or sacred language.".

"Calling to task a complacent white society that turns a blind eye to deep-seated and continuing racial inequalities, Imagining Grace shows how these creative endeavors embody the search for grace, seeking to expose racism in all its guises and lay claim to political, intellectual, and spiritual freedom."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-305) and index.
Table of contents: title: Imagining grace; title: Affirming the unity / Richard Wright; title: Remembering the truth / Ernest Gaines; title: Disembarking the past / Glenn Ligon; title: Negotiating the differences / Anna Deavere Smith; title: Improvising on the feeling / Charlie Haden.