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"Unshakable Faithdelivers stories of great faith in periods of slavery and other injustice. Rather than just retelling stories, Dr. Carey Latimore leads readers deep into the lives of key women and men from colonial America to the present. Lives such as Cyrus Bustill, Harriet Tubman, Thomas Dorsey, and Kanye West reveal a legacy of faith that overcame oppression through community and forgiveness. You will be challenged by demonstrations of faith that...
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'You gotta git your minds fixed, ' the rural preacher tells Sunday School children. And the best way to do that fixin' is from Old Testament stories narrated by the preacher, played by a black cast, backed by the joyful gospel sounds of the Hall Johnson Choir and based on Marc Connelly's folk-themed Pulitzer Prize-winning play.
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"If the Bible is allowed to be the standard by which blacks and whites determine truth, then freedom from this moral and racial malaise will be the outcome; for as Jesus taught, the truth has a unique capacity of making people free. Dr. Tony EvansRespected and beloved pastor Tony Evans provides an accessible overview of black church history. Evans opens the eyes of the reader to the black presence in the Scriptures and takes a focused look at the...
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"Black Magic looks at the origins, meaning, and uses of Conjure - the African American tradition of healing and harming that evolved from African, European, and American elements - from the slavery period into the twentieth century. Illuminating a world that is dimly understood by both scholars and the general public, Yvonne P. Chireau describes Conjure and related practices, such as Hoodoo and Rootworking, in a beautifully written, richly detailed...