Hell Without Fires: Slavery, Christianity, and the Antebellum Spiritual Narrative
(Part of the The History of African American Religions Series)
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Hell Without Fires examines the spiritual and earthly results of conversion to Christianity for African-American antebellum writers. Using autobiographical narratives, the book shows how black writers transformed the earthly hell of slavery into a "New Jerusalem," a place they could call home. Yolanda Pierce insists that for African Americans, accounts of spiritual conversion revealed "personal transformations with far-reaching community effects...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0813068592
ISBN13:9780813068596
Release Date:October 2021
Publisher:University Press of Florida
Length:166 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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