The Middle Passage as Existential Crucifixion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20209332 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Delroy Hall (Selly Oak Hospital, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 45-63 |
| Publication date | 2009-10-09 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Black Theology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1476-9948 • E-ISSN: 1743-1670 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1558/blth.v7i1.45 |
| OpenAlex | W2164320134 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 7 |
This essay addresses the horrific struggles of enslaved Africans during the "Middle Passage" and argues that the "Black Atlantic" can be considered as a form of existential crucifixion for those whose lives were decimated during the traversing of this oceanic divide between their old world and the new. The author argues that this existential crucifixion represents a kind of collective experiential-historical "Low Saturday" for Diasporan African peoples, in that the failure of full freedom to emerge for "us" suggests that Easter Sunday is an aspirational dream rather than a contextual reality.Keywords: African Caribbean peopleBlack AtlanticBlack Church in Britainmiddle passageslavery
Ancient history · Dream · Epistemology · Existentialism · Experiential learning · Middle Passage · Sociology · American and British Literature Analysis · History · Philosophy · Psychology · Race, History, and American Society · Theological Perspectives and Practices
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| Citations per year | 0.63 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |