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Salvific Manhood pioneers a timely and provocative discussion of James Baldwin's revolutionary ideas on black masculinity. Professor Gibson reenvisions Baldwin's novels through fraternal bonds between lovers, kin, and friends, elaborating politics of salvation that simultaneously trouble and bridge spirituality and the erotic. -Magdalena J. Zaborowska, author of Me and My House: James Baldwin's Last Decade in France -- Magdalena J. Zaborowska Ernest L. Gibson III has given us a beautifully crafted, truly imaginative, and fresh approach to James Baldwin's work . . . . [It] will be of interest to students and scholars of literary and cultural studies, queer studies, and even religious studies. This is truly an incredibly rich and creative work of scholarship that is not to be missed! -Dwight A. McBride, coeditor of the James Baldwin Review -- Dwight A. McBride

The author finds an edifying connection between the sanctuary the black church offered and the potential space of intimacy the body offered. Gibson engages in close readings of five seismic novels in the Baldwin canon, masterfully walking readers through the journey of John's forgotten birthday in Go Tell It on the Mountain and the streets of David's Paris in Giovanni's Room. This excellent study may interest those studying religion as well those in the disciplines of literature and cultural studies. -A. P. Pennino, Choice -- A. P. Pennino * Choice * Ernest L. Gibson III has given us a beautifully crafted, truly imaginative, and fresh approach to James Baldwin's work. . . . [It] will be of interest to students and scholars of literary and cultural studies, queer studies, and even religious studies. This is truly an incredibly rich and creative work of scholarship that is not to be missed! -Dwight A. McBride, coeditor of the James Baldwin Review -- Dwight A. McBride Salvific Manhood pioneers a timely and provocative discussion of James Baldwin's revolutionary ideas on black masculinity. Professor Gibson reenvisions Baldwin's novels through fraternal bonds between lovers, kin, and friends, elaborating politics of salvation that simultaneously trouble and bridge spirituality and the erotic. -Magdalena J. Zaborowska, author of Me and My House: James Baldwin's Last Decade in France -- Magdalena J. Zaborowska

Salvific Manhood pioneers a timely and provocative discussion of James Baldwin's revolutionary ideas on black masculinity. Professor Gibson reenvisions Baldwin's novels through fraternal bonds between lovers, kin, and friends, elaborating politics of salvation that simultaneously trouble and bridge spirituality and the erotic. -Magdalena J. Zaborowska, author of Me and My House: James Baldwin's Last Decade in France -- Magdalena J. Zaborowska Ernest L. Gibson III has given us a beautifully crafted, truly imaginative, and fresh approach to James Baldwin's work. . . . [It] will be of interest to students and scholars of literary and cultural studies, queer studies, and even religious studies. This is truly an incredibly rich and creative work of scholarship that is not to be missed! -Dwight A. McBride, coeditor of the James Baldwin Review -- Dwight A. McBride

Salvific Manhood pioneers a timely and provocative discussion of James Baldwin's revolutionary ideas on black masculinity. Professor Gibson reenvisions Baldwin's novels through fraternal bonds between lovers, kin, and friends, elaborating politics of salvation that simultaneously trouble and bridge spirituality and the erotic. -Magdalena J. Zaborowska, author of Me and My House: James Baldwin's Last Decade in France -- Magdalena J. Zaborowska Ernest L. Gibson III has given us a beautifully crafted, truly imaginative, and fresh approach to James Baldwin's work. . . . [It] will be of interest to students and scholars of literary and cultural studies, queer studies, and even religious studies. This is truly an incredibly rich and creative work of scholarship that is not to be missed! -Dwight A. McBride, coeditor of the James Baldwin Review -- Dwight A. McBride

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Ernest L. Gibson III is an associate professor of English and the director of Africana studies at Auburn University.    

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