{"product_id":"jimmys-faith-james-baldwin-disidentification-and-the-queer-possibilities-of-black-religion-paperback-softback-9781531508814","title":"Jimmy's Faith; James Baldwin, Disidentification, and the Queer Possibilities of Black Religion (Paperback \/ softback) 9781531508814","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eJimmy's Faith\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eJames Baldwin, Disidentification, and the Queer Possibilities of Black Religion\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eChristopher Hunt (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781531508814\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 3 December 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.374 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eQSpirit Top 24 LGBTQ Christian Books of 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A novel approach to understanding the work of James Baldwin and its transformative potential\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The relationship of James Baldwin's life and work to Black religion is in many ways complex and confounding. What is he doing through his literary deployment of religious language and symbols?\u003cbr\u003e Despite Baldwin's disavowal of Christianity in his youth, he continued to engage the symbols and theology of Christianity in works such as \u003ci\u003eThe Amen Corner\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJust Above My Head\u003c\/i\u003e, and others. With \u003ci\u003eJimmy's Faith\u003c\/i\u003e, author Christopher W. Hunt shows how Baldwin's usage of those religious symbols both shifted their meaning and served as a way for him to build his own religious and spiritual vision. Engaging José Esteban Muñoz's theory of disidentification as a queer practice of imagination and survival, Hunt demonstrates the ways in which James Baldwin disidentifies with and queers Black Christian language and theology throughout his literary corpus. \u003cbr\u003e Baldwin's vision is one in which queer sexuality signifies the depth of love's transforming possibilities, the arts serve as the (religious) medium of knitting Black community together, an agnostic and affective mysticism undermines Christian theological discourse, \"androgyny\" troubles the gender binary, and the Black child signifies the hope for a world made new. In disidentifying with Christian symbols, \u003ci\u003eJimmy's Faith \u003c\/i\u003ereveals how Baldwin imagines both religion and the world \"otherwise,\" offering a model of how we might do the same for our own communities and ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreface \u003c\/b\u003e  viii\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/b\u003e  1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1 \u003c\/b\u003eJimmy's Queer \"Threshing-Floor\":\u003cbr\u003e Transformation and the Role of Disidentification in Baldwin's Fiction   17\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e2 \u003c\/b\u003eJimmy's Communion: Race, Peoplehood, and the Tone of (Black) Community   44\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e3 \u003c\/b\u003eJimmy's Eschaton: Hope in \"the New Jerusalem\"   74\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e4 \u003c\/b\u003eJimmy's \"Man\": The Problem of Sexism in Baldwin's Literature   102\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e5 \u003c\/b\u003eJimmy's (A)Theology: Toward a Black Agnostic Mysticism   130\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eCoda \u003c\/b\u003e  149\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/i\u003e  153\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNotes \u003c\/i\u003e  157\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBibliography \u003c\/i\u003e  213\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex \u003c\/i\u003e  221\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52739505422616,"sku":"9781531508814","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/jimmys-faith-james-baldwin-disidentification-and-the-queer-possibilities-of-black-religion-paperback-softback-9781531508814","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}