Honoring the Ancestors: An African Cultural Interpretation of Black Religion and Literature

ISBN-13: 9780199963997 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 192 str.

Donald H. Matthews

Opis

In Honoring the Ancestors, Donald H. Matthews affirms once and for all the African foundation of African-American religious practice. His analysis of the methods employed by historians, social scientists, and literary critics in the study of African-American religion and the Negro spiritual leads him to develop a methodology that encompasses contemporary scholarship without compromising the integrity of African-American religion and culture. Exploring the works of such seminal black scholars as W. E. B. DuBois, Melville Herskovits, and Zora Neale Hurston, Matthews traces the early development of the African-centered approach to the interpretation of African-American religion.

Recenzje

Matthews has done a valuable service in Honoring the Ancestors. It is a remarkable study of African American life, culture, and spirituality. His ingenious four Fs will change the way readers and critics think about black literature. He avoids the typical approaches to well-worn themes African American literature and culture. Matthews is an incisive and original interpreter. He is smart and spiritually inspiring as he unlocks rarely discussed or acknowledged truths.

O autorze

Donald H. Matthews is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Naropa University.