Black Life and Christian Spirituality - Paperback

by Andrew Prevot (Author)

These original essays by Andrew Prevot focus on the relationship between Black life and Christian spirituality. He draws on sources of African American spirituality, including the Spirituals, as well as other sources of Christian prayer, mysticism, and asceticism, including Angela of Foligno, John of the Cross, and Ignatius Loyola.

The central thesis of this learned and original work: Black people are made to be loved. This is God's unambiguous will, and anything that contravenes it is incompatible with true Christian spirituality.

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US$33.00

RELIGION / Christian Theology / African American & Black

RELIGION / Spirituality

RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic / General

ISBN 978-1-62698-680-0

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Cover design: Michael Calvente

Cover art: "St. Benedict the Moor" by Tracy L. Christianson. Used with permission

Author Biography

Andrew Prevot is the Joseph and Winifred Amaturo Chair in Catholic Studies; senior fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs; professor in theology and religious studies; and affiliate faculty in Black studies at Georgetown University. He is the author of The Mysticism of Ordinary Life: Theology, Philosophy, and Feminism and Thinking Prayer: Theology and Spirituality amid the Crises of Modernity. He is also co-editor, with Vincent Lloyd, of Anti-Blackness and Christian Ethics.