The Religious Tension between Christianity and African Religion in August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone.

The religious tension in August Wilson play Joe Turner's Come and Gone is a dominant theme of the play as the playwright documented this tension in his play Joe Turner's Come and Gone. Wilson attempted through this depiction of religious tension to display how the characters of the play suffered as a result of this struggle. Within the text of the play we have the Shiny man and Manha that represented Christianity as well as the story of Juba, rituals’ and ghosts which represented the African Traditional Religion. This study aims to prove that Wilson succeeded in linking the doctrines of the past and present through this depiction of religious tension in the play. The study also gave a critical analysis to the main events of the play that assisted the playwright to deliver his message for the reader. Wilson dealt with the original African rituals through black rituals Bynum who became the joint point between the black doctrines of the past and present. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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