Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Univeristy of Florida. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Toward a genealogy of black queer spirituality. Gay Christianity -- Gay Christian narrative: Langston Hughes, "blessed assurance" -- Sacred sensuality: Just above my head -- Philosophies of the spirit. Soul talk & sermonic seduction: The color purple; Say Jesus, and Come to me -- Neo-spirit narrative: "in the life" -- Nontheist cosmologies. Humanist zealotry: Parable of the sower and Parable of the talents -- Reciprocity as spiritual ethos: The Gilda stories -- Closing thoughts.
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