When Hope Appeared in Flesh
The article looks at former U.S. President Barack Obama's political inheritance and refashioning of the spirit of the American Jeremiad with Black power. It presents a debate between Black liberalism and Black leftist politics. It states that Obama's striking theological and political reor...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The University of North Carolina Press
2018
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Cross currents
Year: 2018, Volume: 68, Issue: 1, Pages: 159-178 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Obama, Barack 1961-
/ Political change
/ Blacks
/ Social justice
/ Hope
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| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KBQ North America ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
American Exceptionalism
B BLACK power; United States B OBAMA, Barack, 1961- B Social Change B Liberalism |
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| Summary: | The article looks at former U.S. President Barack Obama's political inheritance and refashioning of the spirit of the American Jeremiad with Black power. It presents a debate between Black liberalism and Black leftist politics. It states that Obama's striking theological and political reorientation would promote social change in the service of justice that corrects social harms rather than tout American exceptionalism. |
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| ISSN: | 1939-3881 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Cross currents
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/cros.12305 |