Barbara A. Holmes is author of Dreaming (Fortress Press, 2012), Liberation and the Cosmos: Conversations with the Elders (Fortress Press, 2008), Race and the Cosmos: An Invitation to View the World Differently (Fortress Press, 2002), A Private Woman in Public Spaces (2000), and other publications. She is president emerita of United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities and formerly professor of ethics and African American religious studies and vice president of Academic Affairs at Memphis Theological Seminary.
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Preface to the Second Edition Original Preface Introduction: An Unlikely Legacy 1. Contemplation: A Cultural and Spiritual History 2. Retrieving Lost Legacies: Contemplation in West Africa 3. Every Shut Eye Ain't Sleep: The Inner Life During Slavery 4. Come Ye Disconsolate: Contemplation in Black Church Congregational Life 5. Joy Comes in the Morning: Contemplative Themes in African American Biblical Interpretation 6. Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Us Around: Contemplation, Activism, and Praxis 7. Black Lives Matter and the Black Church: Twenty-First-Century Contemplative Activism 8. Deep Rivers: The Contemplative Leadership of President Barack Hussein. Obama 9. At the Crossroads: Art, Activism, and the Contemplative Life 10. Afterword: Toward a Future Together Suggested Reading Index