God has been replaced, as he has all over the West, with respectability and air conditioning.

Amiri Baraka

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Topic

Decline of religion Death of God God Disenchanted world

Author

Amiri Baraka

Source

What Does Nonviolence Mean?

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Black writer Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Baraka, Amiri (aka Imamu Amiri Baraka). "What Does Non-Violence Mean?" Midstream. Dec. 1963, vol. IX, no. 4.

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