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 : African American Christian consciousness Pt. 2 -- From strength to strength : toward a theology of African American Christian consciousness -- Epilogue: The fate of Dionysius or everything is going to be alright.