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Article: Sweet hour of prayer: four new books highlight African-descended spiritual traditions of prayer, ritual, study--and laughter.(Book Review)
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- Black Issues Book Review
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- January 1, 2004
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Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Celebration of Black Prayer
by The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture/The New York Public Library Free Press, November 2003 $27.50, ISBN 0-743-23466-9
This superb collection of profound prayers and poignant photographs is compelling evidence of the faith that has sustained generations of African people throughout the Diaspora--in their darkest hours and in their shining moments of triumph. The Schomburg has excavated a treasure chest of the history and deftly included prayers and images from a variety of religious traditions and belief systems, including Buddhism, Christianity, Haitian Vodou, Islam, Judaism, ...