Black Bodies and the Black Church: A Blues Slant

by Kelly Brown Douglas

Book Overview

There is a problem in the black church. It is a problem with black bodies and a blues problem. This book addresses these problems head-on. It proclaims that as long as the black church cannot be a home for certain bodies, such as LGBT bodies, then it has forsaken its very black faith identity. The black church must find a way back to itself. Kelly Brown Douglas argues that the way back is through the blues.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230116817
• ISBN13: 9780230116818
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"