{"product_id":"black-liturgies-prayers-poems-and-meditations-for-staying-human-hardcover","title":"Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCole Arthur Riley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - A collection of prayer, poetry, and spiritual practice centering the Black interior world, from the author of \u003ci\u003eThis Here Flesh\u003c\/i\u003e and creator of Black Liturgies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A true spiritual balm for our troubled times.\"--Michael Eric Dyson, author of \u003ci\u003eWhat Truth Sounds Like\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor years, Cole Arthur Riley was desperate for a spirituality she could trust. Amid ongoing national racial violence, the isolation of the pandemic, and a surge of anti-Black rhetoric in many Christian spaces, she began dreaming of a more human, more liberating expression of faith. She went on to create Black Liturgies, a digital project that connects spiritual practice with Black emotion, Black memory, and the Black body. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this book, she brings together hundreds of new prayers, along with letters, poems, meditation questions, breath practices, scriptures, and the writings of Black literary ancestors to offer forty-three liturgies that can be practiced individually or as a community. Inviting readers to reflect on their shared experiences of wonder, rest, rage, and repair, and creating rituals for holidays like Lent and Juneteenth, Arthur Riley writes with a poet's touch and a sensitivity that has made her one of the most important spiritual voices at work today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor anyone healing from communities that were more violent than loving; for anyone who has escaped the trauma of white Christian nationalism, religious homophobia, or transphobia; for anyone asking what it means to be human in a world of both beauty and terror, \u003ci\u003eBlack Liturgies\u003c\/i\u003e is a work of healing and empowerment, and a vision for what might be.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCole Arthur Riley\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, poet, and author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, \u003ci\u003eThis Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us.\u003c\/i\u003e Her writing has been featured in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic, Guernica, The Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the creator of Black Liturgies, a space that integrates spiritual practice with Black emotion, Black literature, and the Black body; and a project of The Center for Dignity and Contemplation, where she serves as Curator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.3 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 16, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751486161184,"sku":"9780593593646","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/589dd4e5767e799afb089ebb3fcee94b.jpg?v=1779974088","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/black-liturgies-prayers-poems-and-meditations-for-staying-human-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}