About this title: This treatise argues for the central importance of transforming reality by magical means in black spirituality and culture. It contends that themes and stories inspired by the Bible have played a crucial role in Afro-American culture, being reinterpreted and deployed by black Americans.
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780195102819ISBN:0195102819
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 304 p. Religion in America Series. Audience: General/trade. Oversized softcover trade paperback, Fine Condition (Brand new book w/remainder mark), 287 pages, (L2). read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780195067408ISBN:0195067401
Description: ISBN 0-19-506740-1. Hardback. Very Good plus condition book in a Very Good condition dustjacket with minor rubs and creases around its edges. Tight, sound, unmarked copy. Later Printing. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1994-02-24
ISBN-13:9780195067408ISBN:0195067401
Description: Very Good in Very Good + jacket. *** Hardcover in Very Good +/Very Good + condition. Binding tight, pages clean. No previous owner names. Mylar cover. *** read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780195102819ISBN:0195102819
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 234x156. This book is printed on demand. (allow 1-2 weeks for printing) (288) in conjuring culture, theophus h. smith attempts to construct a more adequate analysis of african-american culture by using concepts derived from that culture. he bases his critique on the central concept of "conjure", and contends that biblically-based themes, stories, and especially typology have crucially formed african-american culture as they have been simultaneously reformed and deployed by ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: OUP USA
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780195102819ISBN:0195102819
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1994-02-24
ISBN-13:9780195067408ISBN:0195067401
Description: Very Good Text. No Dust Jacket. Oxford University Press hardcover in good+ condition. Would be "Very Good" if it had dj. Text, boards, and binding in very good condition. Shelfwear is minimal. read more
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