ISBN:
0812220862
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9780812204506
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9780812220865
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (viii, 273 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Politics and culture in modern America
Series Statement:
Politics and Culture in Modern America Ser
Parallel Title:
Print version W.E.B. Du Bois, American Prophet
DDC:
305.89607302
Keywords:
Du Bois, W. E. B Religion
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Race relations Religious aspects
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Christianity
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Civil rights workers Biography
;
African Americans Biography
;
African Americans Religion
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African Americans ; Biography
;
African Americans ; Religion
;
Civil rights workers ; United States ; Biography
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Du Bois, W. E. B ; (William Edward Burghardt) ; 1868-1963 ; Religion
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Race relations ; Religious aspects ; Christianity
;
United States ; Race relations
;
Electronic books
;
United States Race relations
;
Biografie
Abstract:
W. E. B. Du Bois, American Prophet is the first religious biography of this leading civil rights activist and intellectual. Though Du Bois is often labeled an atheist, historian Edward J. Blum argues that his religious and spiritual insights are central to understanding his political and intellectual work.
Abstract:
COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION: RETHINKING W. E. B. DU BOIS, RETHINKING RELIGION AND RACE -- CHAPTER ONE: THE HERO WITH A BLACK FACE: AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND THE MYTHOLOGY OF SELF -- CHAPTER TWO: RACE AS COSMIC SIGHT IN THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK -- CHAPTER THREE: A DARK MONK WHO WROTE HISTORY AND SOCIOLOGY: THE SPIRITUAL WAGE OF WHITENESS, THE BLACK CHURCH, AND MYSTICAL AFRICA -- CHAPTER FOUR: BLACK MESSIAHS AND MURDEROUS WHITES: VIOLENCE AND FAITH IN LITERARY EXPRESSION -- CHAPTER FIVE: CHRIST WAS A COMMUNIST: RELIGION FOR AN AGING LEFTIST -- EPILOGUE: THE PASSING OF THE PROPHET -- NOTES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
Description / Table of Contents:
""COVER""; ""TITLE""; ""COPYRIGHT""; ""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION: RETHINKING W. E. B. DU BOIS, RETHINKING RELIGION AND RACE""; ""CHAPTER ONE: THE HERO WITH A BLACK FACE: AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND THE MYTHOLOGY OF SELF""; ""CHAPTER TWO: RACE AS COSMIC SIGHT IN THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK""; ""CHAPTER THREE: A DARK MONK WHO WROTE HISTORY AND SOCIOLOGY: THE SPIRITUAL WAGE OF WHITENESS, THE BLACK CHURCH, AND MYSTICAL AFRICA""; ""CHAPTER FOUR: BLACK MESSIAHS AND MURDEROUS WHITES: VIOLENCE AND FAITH IN LITERARY EXPRESSION""; ""CHAPTER FIVE: CHRIST WAS A COMMUNIST: RELIGION FOR AN AGING LEFTIST""
Description / Table of Contents:
""EPILOGUE: THE PASSING OF THE PROPHET""""NOTES""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-255) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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