We testify with our lives : how religion transformed radical thought from black power to Black Lives Matter / Terrence L. Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Terrence L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black power--United States.

Black power.

African American radicals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Terrence L. Johnson argues that the Black radical tradition derives its force from its unacknowledged ethical and religious dimensions. We Testify with Our Lives traces Black religion's sustained influence from SNCC to the present, reconstructing a radical lived ethics of freedom and justice.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Prologue

1. Politics of Healing

2. Awakening to Black Power Consciousness

3. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Religious Radicalism

4. Malcolm X and the Spirit of Humanistic Activism

5. Humanistic Nationalism and the Ethical Turn

6. SNCC's Palestinian Problem

7. The Religion of Black Power

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-231-55362-5

OCLC:

1263874778