Many have used the term 'tragic' to refer to African American religious and cultural experience. After a studied meditation on and articulation of the 'tragic vision,' Johnson argues that African American Christian Consciousness is an expression of the tragic and a tragic expression of the Christian Faith.

Introduction: 'Yet Do I Marvel' Seeing Through the Dark: Elements of the Tragic Vision Sparagmous or 'The Crucified' A Look Beneath the Souls of Black Folk Deep Calls Unto Deep: African American Christian Consciousness Pt.1 Life Within the Veil: American Christian Consciousness Pt. 2 From Strength to Strength: Toward a Theology of African American Christian Consciousness Epilogue: The Fate of Dionysius

MATTHEW V. JOHNSON is the pastor for The Church of the Good Shepherd in College Park, Georgia and an Adjunct Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Morehouse College, USA.