Lynched preserves memory even while it provides an analysis of the meaning of those memories.Simsexamines the relationship between lynching and the interconnected realities of race, gender, class,and other social fragmentations that ultimately shape a person'saand a community'sareligiousself-understanding. Sims gives voice tothe memories of African American elders who remember lynching not only as individual acts but as a culture of violence, domination, and fear. By rooting her work in oral histories, Angela D. Lynched chronicles the history andaftermath of lynching in America. Katie Grimes - Horizons: The Journal of the College Theology Society Reseña del editor: But in explicating the theological, sacramental, ethical, and ecclesiological significance of these memories, Sims makes a vital contribution to the field of theology as well. Sims' Lynched should be considered required reading for every US citizen. Riggs - Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology Simply for the way it collects and preserves the stories of dozens of African American survivors of the lynching era, Angela D. The testimonies of the African American elders are replete with biblical allusions and comparisons, such as the failure to love one's neighbor, the suffering servant, the road to Calvary, and the trek to the lynching tree. Gorman - Reading Religion Using oral histories, Sims provides the Christian community with a canon of testimonies that illustrate the scriptural imperative to walk by faith and not by sight. Sims offers ethical insights that shed light on lynching culture and how we continue to experience its effects today.

Páginas:214Géneros:12:HRC:Christianity12:HBJK:HistoryoftheAmericas12:JFSL:EthnicstudiesSinopsis:Lynched ,chroniclesthehistoryand ,aftermathoflynchinginAmerica.Byrootingherworkinoralhistories,AngelaD.Simsgivesvoiceto ,thememoriesofAfricanAmericanelderswhorememberlynchingnotonlyasindividualactsbutasacultureofviolence,domination,andfear. ,Lynched ,preservesmemoryevenwhileitprovidesananalysisofthemeaningofthosememories. ,Sims ,examinestherelationshipbetweenlynchingandtheinterconnectedrealitiesofrace,gender,class, ,andothersocialfragmentationsthatultimatelyshapeaperson,s&mdash,andacommunity,s&mdash,religious ,self-understanding.Throughthisunderstanding, ,sheexploreshowthenarratorsreconciletheirpersonalandcommunal ,memoryoflynchingwiththeirlived ,Christianexperience.Moreover,Sims ,unearthsthecommunity,s ,truththatthisissometimesastoryofwordsandatothertimesastoryofsilence. ,Revealingthebondbetweenmemoryandmoralformation,Sims ,discoversthecourageandhopeinherentinthepowerofrecall. ,Bytendingtothewordsofthesewitnesses, ,Lynched ,exposesnotonlyacultureoffearandviolencebutthepracticeofstoryandmemory,aswellasthe ,narrativeof ,hopewithinarenewedpossibilityforjustice._,ĭie Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.

Lynched by Angela D. Sims