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050 00 $aBR563.N4$bP47 2005
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100 1 $aPierce, Yolanda Nicole.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr00018098
245 10 $aHell without fires :$bslavery, Christianity, and the antebellum spiritual narrative /$cYolanda Pierce ; foreword by Stephen W. Angell and Anthony B. Pinn, series editors.
260 $aGainesville :$bUniversity Press of Florida,$c[2005], ©2005.
300 $axii, 151 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aThe history of African-American religions series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [137]-143) and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction : hell without fires : a new place to call home --$g1.$tTo serve in heaven or reign in hell : George White's call to preach --$g2.$tWord became flesh : John Jea, slavery, and the miraculous --$g3.$tSolomon Bayley's light for the benighted : an African returns home --$g4.$tZilpha Elaw, prophesying daughter : speaking (writing) a new language --$g5.$tDavid Smith : a slave to salvation? --$tConclusion : a new Jerusalem.
520 1 $a"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." "These stories by five of the earliest antebellum spiritual writers - George White, John Jea, David Smith, Solomon Bayley, and Zilpha Elaw - create a new religious language that merges Christian scripture with distinct retellings of biblical stories, with enslaved people of African descent at their center. Showing the ways their language exploits the levels of meaning of words like master, slavery, sin, and flesh, Pierce argues that the narratives address the needs of those who attempted to transform a foreign god and religion into a personal and collective system of beliefs." "Pierce presents a complex and subtle assessment of the language of conversion in the context of slavery. Her work will be important to those interested in the topics of slave religion and spiritual autobiography and to scholars of African American and early American literature and religion."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xReligion.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001980
650 0 $aChristian converts$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aChristian biography$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aSlaves$xReligious life$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aSlave narratives$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism.
830 0 $aHistory of African-American religions.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00110996
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