02568cam a2200553Ii 4500 ocn895048214 OCoLC 20200709060259.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 141112s2014 nyu ob s001 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T YDXCP OCLCQ N$T 9781438454092 electronic bk. 1438454090 electronic bk. 9781438454078 1438454074 (OCoLC)895048214 891363 (N$T) n-us--- PS153.N5 M663 2014eb LIT 004020 bisacsh 810.9/896073 23 N$TA Moore, Marlon Rachquel, 1971- author. In the life and in the spirit : homoerotic spirituality in African American literature / Marlon Rachquel Moore. Albany : State University of New York Press, [2014] ©2014 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Print version record. Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Univeristy of Florida. Includes bibliographical references and index. Oward a genealogy of black queer spirituality. Gay Christianity -- Gay Christian narrative: Langston Hughes, "blessed assurance" -- Sacred sensuality: Just above my head -- Philosophies of the spirit. Soul talk & sermonic seduction: The color purple; Say Jesus, and Come to me -- Neo-spirit narrative: "in the life" -- Nontheist cosmologies. Humanist zealotry: Parable of the sower; Parable of the talents -- Reciprocity as spiritual ethos: The Gilda stories -- Closing thoughts. American literature African American authors History and criticism. American literature 20th century History and criticism. Homosexuality in literature. Spirituality in literature. Christianity in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM American General. bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Moore, Marlon Rachquel, 1971- In the life and in the spirit 9781438454078 (DLC) 2014002129 (OCoLC)877077250 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=891363 EBSCOhost EBSC 891363 YBP Library Services YANK 12154858 cpp91023 02 N$T 55743 55743