James Baldwin's Go Tell it on the Mountain: Historical and Critical Essays
- ISBN-10
- 0820481580
- ISBN-13
- 9780820481586
- Category
- African American churches
- Pages
- 162
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Peter Lang
- Author
- Carol E. Henderson
Description
The publication of James Baldwin's Go Tell It on the Mountain ushered in a new age of the urban telling of a tale twice told yet rarely expressed in such vivid portraits. Go Tell It unveils the struggle of man with his God and that of man with himself. Baldwin's intense scrutiny of the spiritual and communal customs that serve as moral centers of the black community directs attention to the striking incongruities of religious fundamentalism and oppression. This book examines these multiple impulses, challenging the widely held convention that politics and religion do not mix.
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