An edition of Imagining Grace (2000)
Imagining grace
liberating theologies in the slave narrative tradition
By Kimberly Connor
Publish Date
2000
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Language
eng
Pages
320
Description:
"In this study, Kimberly Rae Connor surveys examples of contemporary literature, drama, art, and music that extend the literary tradition of African-American slave narratives. Revealing the powerful creative links between this tradition and liberation theology's search for grace, she shows how these artworks profess a liberating theology of racial empathy and reconciliation, even if not in traditionally Christian or sacred language.". "Calling to task a complacent white society that turns a blind eye to deep-seated and continuing racial inequalities, Imagining Grace shows how these creative endeavors embody the search for grace, seeking to expose racism in all its guises and lay claim to political, intellectual, and spiritual freedom."--BOOK JACKET.