Book Summary
Afro-"Eccentricity "explores three overlapping stories of Black Religion: the Soul, Black Church, and Ancestor Narratives. Hart contends that these narratives dominate most accounts of Black Religion that, collectively, he calls the "Standard Narrative of Black Religion." Against the backdrop of this account, where Afro-"Eccentricity" is a pun and critical trope, Hart interprets Paule Marshall's "Praisesong for the Widow" as a battlefield between Afrocentric and Afro-"Eccentric" versions of the Ancestor Narrative. Then he explores four theorists of Black Religion-Charles H. Long, William R. Jones, Cornel West, and Theophus Smith-whose works push against the limitations of the Standard Narrative.
Book Details
| Book Name | Afro-Eccentricity: Beyond The Standard Narrative Of Black Religion |
| Author | William David Hart |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan (Mar 2011) |
| ISBN | 9780230111578 |
| Pages | 239 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 4235 |
