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1	Old Ship of Zion: The Afro-Baptist Ritual in the African Diaspora more books like this by Walter F Pitts, Vincent L Wimbush (Designer) add to wishlist This book retraces the African origins of African-American forms of worship. During a five-year period in the field, Pitts played the piano at and recorded numerous worship services in black Baptist churches throughout rural Texas. His historical comparisons and linguistic analyses of this material uncover striking parallels between "Afro-Baptist" ... see all copies from $2.69! new only from $32.25! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Asceticism and the New Testament more books like this by Leif E Vaage (Editor), Vincent L Wimbush (Editor) add to wishlist This book is both comprehensive and comparative in its representation of how the question of asceticism might reorder the way in which we interpret the New Testament. see all copies from $8.00! new only from $16.50! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Bible and the American Myth: A Symposium on the Bible and Constructions of Meaning more books like this by Vincent L Wimbush (Editor) add to wishlist The Bible and the American Myth challenges the academic study of the Bible to orient itself to cultural criticism. The essays model an approach to the study of the Bible that entails efforts to fathom not only the meanings of texts, but the role of texts in the construction of meaning. It is all the more fascinating and poignant that the essayists ... see all copies from $3.40! new only from $3.49! \| SVS
4	Theorizing Scriptures: New Critical Orientations to a Cultural Phenomenon more books like this by Vincent L Wimbush (Editor) add to wishlist Historically, religious scriptures are defined as holy texts that are considered to be beyond the abilities of the layperson to interpret. Their content is most frequently analyzed by clerics who do not question the underlying political or social implications of the text, but use the writing to convey messages to their congregations about how to ... see all copies from $19.95! new only from $36.09! \| SVS
5	Ascetic Behavior in Greco-Roman Antiquity more books like this by Vincent L Wimbush (Editor) add to wishlist At once profoundly counter-cultural and related to secular society, ascetic movements left rich, fascinating, and often difficult to interpret literary documents. The twenty-eight texts translated in Ascetic Behavior in Greco-Roman Antiquity are an invaluable resource for reconstructing the ascetic movements of the ancient world in all their ... see all copies from $19.95! new only from $50.00! \| first editions
6	Asceticism more books like this by Vincent L Wimbush (Editor), Richard Valantasis (Editor) add to wishlist From meditation and fasting to celibacy and anchoritism, the ascetic impulse has been an enduring and complex phenomenon throughout history. Offering a sweeping view of this elusive and controversial aspect of religious life and culture, Asceticism looks at the ascetic impulse from a unique vantage point. Cross-cultural, cross-religious, and ... see all copies from $36.38! new only from $56.27! \| SVS
7	Bible and African Americans more books like this by Vincent L Wimbush add to wishlist The unique encounter of African Americans with the Bible has shaped centuries of spirituality and social engagement of a whole continent. Highly respected biblical scholar Vincent Wimbush here outlines the five phases of African American reading and shows how the Bible offered a language-world through which Africans Americans have negotiated the ... see all copies from $6.23! new only from $8.40! \| SVS
8	Paul the Worldly Ascetic more books like this by Vincent L Wimbush add to wishlist see all copies from $33.12! new only from $33.12! \| SVS
9	Asceticism more books like this by Valantasis Wimbush, Vincent L. Wimbush (Editor), Richard Valantasis (Editor) add to wishlist A collection of 35 previously unpublished essays that examine the universal phenomenon of asceticism in a variety of cultures and religious traditions. This volume will serve as an invaluable model for future cross-cultural and interdisciplinary discussion about the ascetic impulse, a key to understanding the religious life. see all copies from $24.00! first editions
10	African Americans and the Bible more books like this by Vincent L Wimbush (Editor) add to wishlist This anthology is the culmination of four years of research by Wimbush and Rodman, and of the 1999 conference on African Americans and the Bible. Its contributors, including Judith Weisenfeld, Milton Sernett, and Yvonne Chireau, explore African-American faith patterns and interpretations, the importance and relevance of the Bible, and the impact ... see all copies from $150.00! first editions

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