Take Back What the Devil Stole - An African American Prophet''s Encounters in the Spirit World

Ms. Donna Haskins is an African American woman who wrestles with structural inequity in the streets of Boston by inhabiting an alternate dimension she refers to as the "spirit realm." Both ethnographic and personal, Onaje X. O. Woodbine's portrait of her spiritual life sheds new light on the lived religion of the dispossessed.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Daughter of Darkness
1. “The Devil Had His Way with Me”
2. “I Really Didn’t Want to Give Up My Kid”
3. “Am I Ever Going to Be Normal?”
4. “Every Time You Leave, You Take a Piece of Me with You”
Part II: Metamorphosis
5. Incubus
6. Seeds of Evil
7. Chrysalis
Part III: Child of Light
8. Between Worlds
9. Treasures from Heaven
10. The Devil Is a Liar
What If You Read Your Book to Your Subject(s)? or, On Methodology
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Onaje X. O. Woodbine is assistant professor of philosophy and religion at American University. He is the author of Black Gods of the Asphalt: Religion, Hip-Hop, and Street Basketball (Columbia, 2016) and coproducer of a forthcoming documentary film on sacred space in New York City playground basketball, Hallowed Ground & Cracked Concrete.

Summary

Ms. Donna Haskins is an African American woman who wrestles with structural inequity in the streets of Boston by inhabiting an alternate dimension she refers to as the “spirit realm.” Both ethnographic and personal, Onaje X. O. Woodbine’s portrait of her spiritual life sheds new light on the lived religion of the dispossessed.

Product details

• Authors: Onaje X. O. Woodbine, Onaje X. O. (Phillips Academy) Woodbine, Woodbine Onaje X. O.
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.2022
• EAN: 9780231197175
• ISBN: 978-0-231-19717-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Ethnic Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, Social and cultural history, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships, Black & Asian Studies, Tribal religions, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships, Relating to African American / Black American people, Indigenous, ethnic and folk religions and spiritual beliefs, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, RELIGION / Folk & Tribal