Liberating Motifs in Afro-American Religion and Literature by James Evans, October 19, 1985

This audio features a presentation by James Evans. In the presentation, he discusses Afro-American religion and literature. He explains how both are cultural acts in the struggle for liberation. Evans further also discusses the Afro-American autobiography. There are two responses to his presentation. The first is from professor Houston Baker of the University of Pennsylvania. The second response is from Professor Jerome Long of Wesleyan University of Middletown, Connecticut.

Table Of Contents

00:00:03 Audio begins with James Evans introducing his paper, “Liberating Motifs In Afro-American Religion and Literature,” and secular and sacred acts.|00:03:43 He details the central argument of the paper as Afro-American religion and literature being both cultural acts which embody the struggle for liberation and integrity among Black folk.|00:09:26 Discusses the pure Afro-American autobiography.|00:13:20 Discusses the second moment in the Afro-American cultural act taking form in creation.|00:24:46 Discusses autobiographical fiction.|00:36:44 Talks about how the faith of Afro-Americans involves the risk of believing and acting on the belief.|00:37:12 Ends presentation.|00:38:16 Professor Houston Baker of the University of Pennsylvania presents a response.|01:08:13 Professor Jerome Long of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut presents second response.|01:15:36 James Evans responds.|01:24:28 Audio ends.

Language

English

Local Identifier

auc.120.0052

Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.120:0052

Subject Topic

African American scholars

African Americans--Religion

Philosophy and religion

Geographic Subject

Georgia--Atlanta

Temporal Subject

1980-1989

Geographic Code

USA

Origin Information

Date Created	1985-10-19

Extent

01:24:28

Related Item

Relationship Type	isPartOf
URL	Society for the Study of Black Religion Collection Finding Aid

Note

Note Type

funding

Note

The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the National Endowment for Humanities - Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Implementation Project Grant in supporting the processing and digitization of a number of its major archival collections as part of the project: Spreading the Word: Expanding Access to African American Religious Archival Collections at the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library.

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Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

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Name	Liberating Motifs in Afro-American Religion and Literature by James Evans, October 19, 1985
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Liberating Motifs in Afro-American Religion and Literature by James Evans, October 19, 1985

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