The Dreamer and the Dream: Afrofuturism and Black Religious Thought (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780814214794)

Finalist for the American Academy of Religion's Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion, Constructive-Reflexive Studies

In The Dreamer and the Dream: Afrofuturism and Black Religious Thought, Roger A. Sneed illuminates the interplay of Black religious thought with science fiction narratives to present a bold case for Afrofuturism as an important channel for Black spirituality. In the process, he challenges the assumed primacy of the Black church as the arbiter of Black religious life. Incorporating analyses of Octavia Butler's Parable books, Janelle Mon疇's Afrofuturistic saga, Star Trek's Captain Benjamin Sisko, Marvel's Black Panther, and Sun Ra and the Nation of Islam, Sneed demonstrates how Afrofuturism has contributed to Black visions of the future. He also investigates how Afrofuturism has influenced religious scholarship that looks to Black cultural production as a means of reimagining Blackness in the light of the sacred. The result is an expansive new look at the power of science fiction and Afrofuturism to center the diversity of Black spirituality.

Author: Roger A. Sneed
ISBN-10: 0814214797
ISBN-13: 9780814214794
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/06/2021
Pages: 184
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d