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

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: Hardback
• Released: 06.04.2021
• EAN: 9780231197168
• ISBN: 978-0-231-19716-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > 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