Painting the Gospel: Black Public Art and Religion in Chicago (New Black Studies Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.97 (601 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0252081439 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-22 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Pinn, author of The End of God-Talk: An African American Humanist Theology . Pushing against the typical dominance of the written text, this volume, using Chicago as a case study, provides an intriguing discussion of how visual culture within public spaces offers significant insight into the thought and practice of African American religiosity. "An exciting examination of the ways in which a variety of black denominations have visualized Christ in their own images throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries."--Kristin Schwain, author of Signs of Grace: Religion and American Art in the Gilded Age "Painting the Gospel points out the significance of the visual within African American religious thought and practice. In so doing, Painting the Gospel offers an interesting take on the idea 'seeing is believing.'"--Anthony B
She also focuses attention on art excluded from scholarship due to racial or religious particularity. . Throughout, she reflects on the myriad ways private black identities assert public and political goals through imagery. Kymberly N. Painting the Gospel includes maps and tour itineraries that allow readers to make conceptual, historical, and geographical connections among the works. Pinder escorts readers on an eye-opening odyssey to the murals, stained glass, and sculptures dotting the city's African American churches and neighborhoods. Moving from Chicago's oldest black Christ figure to contemporary religious street art, Pinder explores ideas like blackness in public, art for black communities, and the relationship of Afrocentric art to Black Liberation Theology. Innovative and lavishly illustrated, Painting the Gospel offers an indispensable contribution to conversations about African American art, theology, politics, and identity in Chicago