The Black Coptic Church : : Race and Imagination in a New Religion / / Leonard Cornell McKinnis.
Provides an illuminating look at the diverse world of Black religious life in North America, focusing particularly outside of mainstream Christian churchesFrom the Moorish Science Temple to the Peace Mission Movement of Father Divine to the Commandment Keepers sect of Black Judaism, myriad Black new...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2023] ©2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Religion, Race, and Ethnicity
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 21 b/w illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction: Earthquake
- 1. The Origins of a Prophet: Cicero Patterson and the Black Coptic Imagination
- 2. “Ethiopia Shall Soon Stretch Forth Her Hand unto God”: Imagination, Ideational Heroism, and the Turn to Blackness
- 3. Rituals of Freedom: Imagining and Performing Otherwise
- 4. “Somehow, Someway”: Black Coptic Women and the Politics of Gender
- 5. Divine (Primordial) Blackness: Imagination, Hope, and a Word on Afro-Pessimism
- Conclusion: Imagination and the Future of Black Coptic Religion
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author