A God of Justice?: The Problem of Evil in Twentieth-Century Black Literature

by Qiana J. Whitted

Focusing on the representations of spiritual crisis in twentieth-century African American fiction and autobiography, Qiana J. Whitted asks how some of the most distinguished writers of this tradition wrestle with the inexplicable nature of God and the experience of unmerited natural and moral sufferings such as racial oppression. Although this spiritual and existential dilemma of "the problem of evil" is not unique to African Americans, writers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081392796X
• ISBN13: 9780813927961
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"