Conversations with God
Subtitle: two centuries of prayers by African Americans
By: edited with an introduction by James Melvin Washington.
Contributors: Washington, James Melvin.
Edition: 1st HarperPerennial ed.
Publisher: HarperPerennial
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
Subjects: African Americans -- Religion; Prayers
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-342) and index.
Table of contents: title: Slavery and the eclipse of the African Gods, 1760-1860; title: The crucible of the Anglo-African conscience, 1861-1893; title: The vale of tears, 1894-1919; title: The new Negro, 1920-1955; title: The Civil Rights ethos, 1956-1980; title: Postmodern African-American worlds, 1981-1994.