Claude Atcho (MTS, Midwestern Seminary) is pastor of Church of the Resurrection in Charlottesville, Virginia. He has taught African American literature at the collegiate level and is a regular writer and podcast contributor for Think Christian. He has written for Christ & Pop Culture, The Gospel Coalition, and The Witness: A Black Christian Collective.

• ContentsIntroduction1. Image of God: Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man2. Sin: Richard Wright's Native Son3. God: James Baldwin's Go Tell It on the Mountain4. Jesus: Countee Cullen's "Christ Recrucified" and "The Black Christ"5. Salvation: Zora Neale Hurston's Moses, Man of the Mountain6. Racism: Nella Larsen's Passing7. Healing and Memory: Toni Morrison's Beloved8. Lament: W. E. B. Du Bois's "The Litany of Atlanta"9. Justice: Richard Wright's The Man Who Lived Underground10. Hope: Margaret Walker's "For My People"Discussion Questions

Claude Atcho (MTS, Midwestern Seminary) is pastor of Church of the Resurrection in Charlottesville, Virginia. He has taught African American literature at the collegiate level and is a regular writer and podcast contributor for Think Christian. He has written for Christ & Pop Culture, The Gospel Coalition, and The Witness: A Black Christian Collective.

• ContentsIntroduction1. Image of God: Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man2. Sin: Richard Wright's Native Son3. God: James Baldwin's Go Tell It on the Mountain4. Jesus: Countee Cullen's "Christ Recrucified" and "The Black Christ"5. Salvation: Zora Neale Hurston's Moses, Man of the Mountain6. Racism: Nella Larsen's Passing7. Healing and Memory: Toni Morrison's Beloved8. Lament: W. E. B. Du Bois's "The Litany of Atlanta"9. Justice: Richard Wright's The Man Who Lived Underground10. Hope: Margaret Walker's "For My People"Discussion Questions

Claude Atcho (MTS, Midwestern Seminary) is pastor of Church of the Resurrection in Charlottesville, Virginia. He has taught African American literature at the collegiate level and is a regular writer and podcast contributor for Think Christian. He has written for Christ & Pop Culture, The Gospel Coalition, and The Witness: A Black Christian Collective.

• ContentsIntroduction1. Image of God: Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man2. Sin: Richard Wright's Native Son3. God: James Baldwin's Go Tell It on the Mountain4. Jesus: Countee Cullen's "Christ Recrucified" and "The Black Christ"5. Salvation: Zora Neale Hurston's Moses, Man of the Mountain6. Racism: Nella Larsen's Passing7. Healing and Memory: Toni Morrison's Beloved8. Lament: W. E. B. Du Bois's "The Litany of Atlanta"9. Justice: Richard Wright's The Man Who Lived Underground10. Hope: Margaret Walker's "For My People"Discussion Questions