Deirdre O Connell: 2 books
The Ballad of Blind Tom, Slave Pianist
America's Lost Musical Genius
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2009
This biography of a musical genius who went from slavery to international stardom is a “vivid, carefully researched narrative reflects the tenor of the” (Publishers Weekly).
Born into slavery in Georgia, Tom Wiggins died an international celebrity in New York in 1908. His life was one of the...
Enfleshing Theology
Embodiment, Discipleship, and Politics in the Work of M. Shawn Copeland
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2018
Enfleshing Theology honors and engages the life work of M. Shawn Copeland, whose theology is groundbreaking and prophetic, traversing the fields of Catholic Theology, Black Theology, Womanist Thought, and Semiotics. The book opens with a brief introduction, and then moves to an interview with Copeland,...