"Toni Morrison's Beloved as African-American Scripture & Other Articles on History and Canon" is a very important academic book exploring the question of historicity and canonicity -- the relationship (in causality and relational terms) between the experience of human community and the creation (or the interpretation) of a religious text (and the canonization of a religious "text"). This book contains a collection of academic articles ranging from African-American history, Jewish history, early Christian history, the New Testament, Patristic history, medieval history, and the history of the Reformation. This academic work is a bold quest to capture the essence of history and canon as phenomenalized in the human experience. Scholars and students of history, religion, literary criticism, sociology, anthropology, humanities, and theology will surely benefit from reading this book. Although this book is highly academic, it is written in a very readable style so that educated individuals who may not be specialists will benefit from the articles in the book.
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Impressive Book on Black People,
By Hadas Levi (Rishon Le-Zion, Israel) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Toni Morrison's Beloved as African-American Scripture & Other Articles on History and Canon (Hermit Kingdom Studies in History and Religion) (Paperback)
I was impressed by this book and found the professor's writing on black people and their experience interesting. It makes a lot of sense that slavery which was an important part of the black experience becomes internalized in the psyche and exhibits itself in literary expression. I would recommend this book to all who have interest in black experience.
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Excellent Contribution to African-American Studies,
By Philip Johnson (New Orleans) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Toni Morrison's Beloved as African-American Scripture & Other Articles on History and Canon (Hermit Kingdom Studies in History and Religion) (Paperback)
This is a monumental work to African-American studies and I applaud Heerak Christian Kim for such an important contribution to scholarship. I feel that there is so much more need to expose color issues in academia. This book works toward that goal. You will see what I mean if you read this important book.
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Great contribution to American history!,
By John Leeson (Miami, Florida) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Toni Morrison's Beloved as African-American Scripture & Other Articles on History and Canon (Hermit Kingdom Studies in History and Religion) (Paperback)
I believe that this is a very important book for American history because it tackles difficult issues of slavery and suffering of the people of color. The strength of Kim's analysis is that he takes a creative approach to the examination. Narrative analysis and literary criticism are employed in a symbiotic creation of significant text. This idea makes a lot of sense in light of current advanced research on the topic of signifying of scripture.
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Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, New York, Justin Martyr, Gospel of John, Old Testament, First Apology, John Calvin, New Testament, Holy Spirit, Can Be Saved, John the Baptist, Martin Luther, God the Father, Spirit of God, Temporal Authority, Grand Rapids, Paul of Tarsus, Second Temple, Christ Jesus, Toni Morrison's Beloved, Italics Not Mine, Abingdon Press, Clarendon Press, Fortress Press New!
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Understanding the genre is an important way of understanding a literature, a composition, and elements in a work of art. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, New York, Justin Martyr, Gospel of John, Old Testament, First Apology, John Calvin, New Testament, Holy Spirit, Can Be Saved, John the Baptist, Martin Luther, God the Father, Spirit of God, Temporal Authority, Grand Rapids, Paul of Tarsus, Second Temple, Christ Jesus, Toni Morrison's Beloved, Italics Not Mine, Abingdon Press, Clarendon Press, Fortress Press New!
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- Holy Bible by New International Version on 5 pages
- Dialogue with Trypho (Selections from the Fathers of the Church) by Justin Martyr on 5 pages
- Crime of Innocence in the Fiction of Toni Morrison (Literary Frontiers Edition) by Terry Otten on page 19, and page 44
- Fantasy: The Literature of Subversion (New Accents) by Dr Rosemary Jackson on page 9, and page 43
- The Early Church (The Penguin History of the Church) (v. 1) by Henry Chadwick on page 47, and page 79
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