In the life and in the spirit
Subtitle: homoerotic spirituality in African American literature
By: Marlon Rachquel Moore
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9781438454078
Subjects: American literature; African American authors; History and criticism; Homosexuality in literature; Spirituality in literature; Christianity in literature
Notes: Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Univeristy of Florida.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-204) and index.
Table of contents: title: Toward a genealogy of black queer spirituality. Gay Christianity; title: Gay Christian narrative: Langston Hughes, "blessed assurance"; title: Sacred sensuality: Just above my head; title: Philosophies of the spirit. Soul talk and sermonic seduction: The color purple; Say Jesus, and Come to me; title: Neo-spirit narrative: "in the life"; title: Nontheist cosmologies. Humanist zealotry: Parable of the sower and Parable of the talents; title: Reciprocity as spiritual ethos: The Gilda stories; title: Closing thoughts and suggestions for further reading.