“There’s A Day Coming”: The Origin, Reception, and Conception of the Catastrophic Apocalypse among Black Captives
Blacks employed myriad means to survive the harrowing and protracted ordeal of American slavery. Arguably, the most important means were ideological, and one idea ubiquitous among Black captives was the catastrophic apocalypse: God physically coming to earth to destroy the planet and “wicked” people...
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The Pennsylvania State University Press
2023
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Journal of Africana religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 11, Issue: 2, Pages: 153-197 |
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