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Conjuring Culture: Biblical Formations of Black America (Religion in America) Book

Conjuring Culture : Paperback : Oxford University Press Inc : 9780195102819 : 0195102819 : 07 Mar 1996 : In "Conjuring Culture"", Theophus Smith provides an innovative, interdisciplinary interpretation of the formation of African-American religion and culture. Smith argues for the central role in black spirituality of ""conjure""--a magical means of transforming reality. Smith shows that the Bible, the sacred text of Western civilization, has in fact functioned as a magical formulary or sourcebook for African-Americans."Read More

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    This book provides a sophisticated new interdisciplinary interpretation of the formulation and evolution of African American religion and culture. Theophus Smith argues for the central importance of "conjure"--a magical means of transforming reality--in black spirituality and culture. The concept of conjure, he shows, is at the heart of an indigenous and still vital spirituality, with exciting implications for reformulating the next generation of black studies and black theology. Even more broadly, Smith proposes, "conjuring culture" can function as a new paradigm for understanding Western religious and cultural phenomena generally.

  • 0195102819
  • 9780195102819
  • Theophus H. Smith
  • 7 March 1996
  • OUP USA
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 304
  • Facsimile
  • Facsimile
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