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001			on1401629395
003			OCoLC
005			20240123110545.0
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092			_a248.8089 _bA789
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aArthur Riley, Cole, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aBlack liturgies : _bprayers, poems, and meditations for staying human / _cCole Arthur Riley.
250			_aFirst edition.
263			_a2401
264		1	_aNew York : _bConvergent, _c[2024]
264		4	_c©2024
300			_axxiv, 306 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"A stunning, all-new collection of prayers, poetry, and spiritual practice centering the Black interior world, from the New York Times bestselling author of This Here Flesh and creator of Black Liturgies. In the summer of 2020, Cole Arthur Riley was desperate for a spirituality she could trust. Amidst ongoing national racial violence, the isolation of the pandemic, and a surge of anti-Black rhetoric in many Christian spaces, she began dreaming of a harbor for a more human, more liberating expression of faith. She went on to create Black Liturgies, a digital project that connects spiritual practice with Black emotion, memory, and the Black body. In this book, she deepens the work of that project, bringing together new prayers, letters, poetry, meditation questions, breath practice, and the writings of Black literary ancestors to offer 43 liturgies that can be practiced individually or as a community. With a poet's touch and a sensitivity that has made her one of the most important spiritual voices at work today, Riley invites readers to reflect on their own experiences of wonder, rest, rage, and repair, while also including liturgies for holidays like Lent, Advent, Juneteenth, and Mother's Day. For those healing from spiritual spaces that were more violent than loving; for those who have escaped the trauma of white Christian nationalism, religious homophobia, and transphobia; for anyone asking what it means to be human in a world of both beauty and terror; Black Liturgies is a work of healing and liberation, and a vision for what might be"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aAfrican Americans _xReligious life.
650		0	_aAfrican Americans _vPrayers and devotions.
655		7	_aPrayers. _2lcgft
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