Divine discontent : the religious imagination of W.E.B. Du Bois / Jonathon S. Kahn.

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Main Author: Kahn, Jonathon Samuel
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Du Bois, W. E. B. > (William Edward Burghardt), > 1868-1963 > Religion.
Naturalism > Religious aspects.
Pragmatism.
Natural theology.
African Americans > Religion.
Race relations > Religious aspects > Christianity.
United States > Race relations.
Physical Description:vi, 183 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction : Divine discontent as religious faith
  • What is pragmatic religious naturalism, and what does it have to do with Du Bois?
  • Pragmatic religious naturalism and the binding of The souls of Black folk
  • "Love for these people" : racial piety as religious devotion
  • Rewriting the American jeremiad : on pluralism, Black nationalism, and a new America
  • "Behold the sign of salvation-a noosed rope" : the promise and perils of Du Bois's economies of sacrifice
  • Conclusion : Beyond Du Bois : toward a tradition of African American pragmatic religious naturalism.