Divine discontent : the religious imagination of W.E.B. Du Bois

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kahn, Jonathon Samuel, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963--Religion.

Du Bois, W. E. B.

Naturalism--Religious aspects.

Naturalism.

Pragmatism--Religion.

Pragmatism.

Natural theology--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Natural theology.

African Americans.

Race relations.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Other Title:

The Religious Imagination of W. E. B. Du Bois

Divine discontent

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Kahn contends that the standard treatment of Du Bois turns a deaf ear to the religious timbre of his writings & that Du Bois's moral, literary, & political imagination was inhabited by religious rhetoric, concepts & stories. This text recovers the remarkably complex and varied religious world in Du Bois's writings.

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

9780199867516 (ebook) :

0199867518 (ebook) :

OCLC:

463185285