Barbara A. Holmes
Autor de Joy Unspeakable
Sobre El Autor
Barbara A. Holmes is Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of Memphis Theological Seminary, as well as Professor of Ethics and African American Religious Studies there
Créditos de la imagen: United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities
Obras de Barbara A. Holmes
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Otros nombres
- Holmes, Barbara Ann
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1943-09-09
- Género
- female
- Educación
- University of Connecticut (BA)
Southern Connecticut State University (MS)
Columbia Theological Seminary (MDiv)
Mercer University (JD)
Vanderbilt University (PhD|Religious Studies) - Ocupaciones
- spiritual teacher
activist
seminary professor emerita
seminary administrator emerita
university professor - Organizaciones
- United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities
Vanderbilty University
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- Obras
- 7
- También por
- 1
- Miembros
- 161
- Popularidad
- #131,051
- Valoración
- 3.5
- Reseñas
- 2
- ISBNs
- 11
Holmes focuses on the Civil Rights Movement, exploring the ways in which non-violent civil disobedience is made possible through individuals coming together in a spirit of contemplation to challenge injustices that are too big for a single individual to address. She reminds us of the prayer meetings that often preceded these acts of protest and of the kind of centeredness that is required to remain non-violent in situations in which violence, even death, is a possibility.
Holmes acknowledges the role of the church in the Civil Rights Movement, but sees it as a movement of individuals, not of the capital-C Church, and a movement that embraces (and needs) individuals from other faiths and individuals who may have no faith beyond a determination to seek a more just world.
I read Walking with Our Ancestors at the same time I read Ours, a soon-to-be-released novel that uses a blend of history and magical realism to depict a community of the newly free learning what that freedom will mean for each of them and the extent of that freedom. I mention this because I think Walking with Our Ancestors worked well as a companion to that novel and would work well as a companion to any novel that raises issues of Black history and spirituality. Walking with Our Ancestors is a title that could be effectively paired with The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois, The Prophets, Conjure Women and/or My Government Means to Kill Me. I'm sure readers will be able to come up with other such fruitful pairings.
Walking with Our Ancestors provides the kind of quiet, gently paced energy that is essential to contemplation. It speaks to the mind and to the heart.
I received a free electronic review copy of this title from the publisher via Edelweiss; the opinions are my own.… (más)