The Buried Soul
The Buried Soul

Author: Timothy Taylor

Publisher: Beacon Press

Published: 2005-08-15

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780807046678

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Do cannibals exist? Is there evidence for contemporary human sacrifice? What are vampires? The Buried Soul charts the story of the human response to death from prehistory to the present day. This book is a radical adventure into the sepulchral world.

In Search of Soul
In Search of Soul

Author: Alejandro Nava

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2017-09-12

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0520966759

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In Search of Soul explores the meaning of “soul” in sacred and profane incarnations, from its biblical origins to its central place in the rich traditions of black and Latin history. Surveying the work of writers, artists, poets, musicians, philosophers and theologians, Alejandro Nava shows how their understandings of the “soul” revolve around narratives of justice, liberation, and spiritual redemption. He contends that biblical traditions and hip-hop emerged out of experiences of dispossession and oppression. Whether born in the ghettos of America or of the Roman Empire, hip-hop and Christianity have endured by giving voice to the persecuted. This book offers a view of soul in living color, as a breathing, suffering, dreaming thing.