African American atheists and political liberation : a study of the sociocultural dynamics of faith

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lackey, Michael
Format:	Book
Published:	Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2008.
Edition:	First paperback edition.
Subjects:	Wright, Richard, > 1908-1960 > Criticism and interpretation. Larsen, Nella > Criticism and interpretation. Hughes, Langston, > 1902-1967 > Criticism and interpretation. Wright, Richard, > 1908-1960. Larsen, Nella. Hughes, Langston, > 1902-1967. 1900-1999 American literature > African American authors > History and criticism. Atheism and literature > United States > History > 20th century. African Americans in literature. African Americans > Religion. African American authors > Political and social views. American literature > African American authors. American literature. Atheism and literature. African Americans. African American authors. Criticism and interpretation. United States. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.

Table of Contents:

Introduction. African American Atheism: A Cause for Hope
Frantz Fanon and J. Saunders Redding : the psychological and political necessity of atheism
The humanist/atheist controversy in Richard Wright's The outsider
No means yes : the conversion narrative as rape scene in Nella Larsen's Quicksand
Langston Hughes : the sociocultural structuring of God, desire, and the law
Touchstone narratives: measuring the value of the God concept
Conclusion. Black Liberation Antitheology: An Atheist Manifesto.