Between the World and Me: A Psychology of Faith Perspective on Resisting Racism

In this article, a psychology of faith perspective is used to explore and describe the objects and dynamics of faith as represented in Ta-Nehisi Coates book Between the World and Me. Relying on the notions of transitional objects and transformational objects, I depict Coates's faith—a faith tha...

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Published in:Pastoral psychology
Main Author: LaMothe, Ryan 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science Business Media B. V. [2019]
In: Pastoral psychology
RelBib Classification:KBQ North America
NBE Anthropology
ZD Psychology
Further subjects:B Coates
B Transitional objects
B Psychoanalysis
B Transformational objects
B Psychology
B Faith
B Object Relations Theory
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Summary:In this article, a psychology of faith perspective is used to explore and describe the objects and dynamics of faith as represented in Ta-Nehisi Coates book Between the World and Me. Relying on the notions of transitional objects and transformational objects, I depict Coates's faith—a faith that aided him in not only resisting despair but also transforming and overcoming the grammar of racism.
ISSN:1573-6679
Contains:Enthalten in: Pastoral psychology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11089-018-0850-0