{"product_id":"reading-black-books-how-african-american-literature-can-make-our-faith-more-whole-and-just-9781587435294","title":"Reading Black Books: How African American Literature Can Make Our Faith More Whole and Just","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e2023 Book Award Finalist (Culture \u0026amp; the Arts)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMidwest Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGold Book Award Winner (Nonfiction - Religion\/Philosophy)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLearning from Black voices means listening to more than snippets. It means attending to Black stories. \u003ci\u003eReading Black Books \u003c\/i\u003ehelps Christians hear and learn from enduring Black voices and stories as captured in classic African American literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePastor and teacher Claude Atcho offers a theological approach to 10 seminal texts of 20th-century African American literature. Each chapter takes up a theological category for inquiry through a close literary reading and theological reflection on a primary literary text, from Ralph Ellison's \u003ci\u003eInvisible Man \u003c\/i\u003eand Richard Wright's \u003ci\u003eNative Son \u003c\/i\u003eto Zora Neale Hurston's \u003ci\u003eMoses, Man of the Mountain \u003c\/i\u003eand James Baldwin's \u003ci\u003eGo Tell It on the Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e. The book includes end-of-chapter discussion questions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReading Black Books \u003c\/i\u003ehelps readers of all backgrounds learn from the contours of Christian faith formed and forged by Black stories, and it spurs continued conversations about racial justice in the church. It demonstrates that reading about Black experience as shown in the literature of great African American writers can guide us toward sharper theological thinking and more faithful living.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eClaude Atcho \u003c\/b\u003e(MTS, Midwestern Seminary) is pastor of Church of the Resurrection in Charlottesville, Virginia. He has taught African American literature at the collegiate level and is a regular writer and podcast contributor for \u003ci\u003eThink Christian. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has written for \u003ci\u003eChrist \u0026amp; Pop Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, The Gospel Coalition, and \u003ci\u003eThe Witness: A Black Christian Collective\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Brazos Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525789978898,"sku":"9781587435294","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_46954a6e-4f6e-4236-a6aa-f1f4079a89d6.jpg?v=1751362819","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/reading-black-books-how-african-american-literature-can-make-our-faith-more-whole-and-just-9781587435294","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}