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Cut Loose Your Stammering Tongue: Black Theology in the Slave Narratives
Cut Loose Your Stammering Tongue Black Theology in the Slave Narratives Author:Dwight N. Hopkins, George C. L. Cummings Drawing on slave narratives found in forty one volumes of interviews and one hundred autobiographies by former slaves, these contributors explore how enslaved African-Americans received the often oppressive faith of their masters but transformed it into a gospel of liberation. In this classic work, they demonstrate how an authentic Black theolog... more »y of liberation today must listen to the divine spirit that once fed and continues to feed the Black religious experience. This revised and expanded edition includes three additional provocative essays. Contributors include Will Coleman, Dwight N. Hopkins, George C. L. Cummings, Cheryl J. Sanders, Joan Martin, David Goatley, and M. Shawn Copeland.« less