Joanna Brooks
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Joanna Brooks is a national voice on Mormon life and polities, an award-winning scholar of religion and American culture, and the author or editor of five books. She has been featured on American Public Media's On Being, NPR's All Things Considered, NPR's Talk of the Nation, Interfaith Voices, visa mer Radio West, and BBC's Americana, and in the New York Times, the Washing-ton Post, the CNN Belief Blog, and the Huffington Post. She is a columnist for the online magazine ReligionDispatches and offers answers to seekers of all stripes at her own website, Askmormongirl.com. Follow @askmormongirl on Twitter or visit her at joannabrooks.org. visa färre
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- University of California, Los Angeles (PhD|English)
Brigham Young University (BA) - Yrken
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San Diego State University
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There is a lot of heartbreak in this account. How could there not? One thing I will recognize informs my high esteem of this story is the religious tone it uses. Equiano was what we'd call a true believer, and it's one more layer of interesting given the broader imperialism of Christianity. I implore the less religiously inclined to not fault him; I think it is incredibly dehumanizing to question this too much. His Christianity gave him strength, gave him a strong moral compass to battle for the abolition of the slave trade, and allowed him many great connections in a world where being black could be so tenuous. His Christianity was truly beautiful and made me yearn for church once more—Crazy how good, upstanding people can convert, no?
On a side note, the more I read 18th-century writing, the more I really think the period of the 1770s-1790s was the pinnacle of the written English word. The command of language Equiano employs is exquisite and commanding, and really quite arresting when relaying his life. It's a bit similar to how Du Bois' utilizes language a century later—both men show the "mental faculties" so many suppose they can't have on account of their skin.
Anyway, I can't recommend this enough. It's just... amazing. Equiano is a fascinating man caught between two worlds, and while his 18th-century Britishness can raise an eyebrow sometimes, it illustrates the breadth of thought of the period. I just spent an hour on York University's webpage about him, and I can't get enough. Ah!… (mer)