"That's Not How the Story Ends": Vincent Harding's Liberating Vision of African American Religious History
A critical reappraisal of Vincent Harding's transformative work as a preeminent historian of the African American freedom struggle is long overdue. Examining Harding's major works - There Is A River (1981), Martin Luther King: The Inconvenient Hero (1996), and Hope and History (1990) - thi...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
| Verificare la disponibilità: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2019]
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Black theology
Anno: 2019, Volume: 17, Fascicolo: 3, Pagine: 176-194 |
| Notazioni IxTheo: | CG Cristianesimo e politica KAJ Età contemporanea KBQ America settentrionale KDD Chiesa evangelica KDG Chiese libere NCC Etica sociale |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
Martin Luther King Jr
B Black Lives Matter Movement B Black freedom struggle B Vincent G. Harding B theology of hope |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Riepilogo: | A critical reappraisal of Vincent Harding's transformative work as a preeminent historian of the African American freedom struggle is long overdue. Examining Harding's major works - There Is A River (1981), Martin Luther King: The Inconvenient Hero (1996), and Hope and History (1990) - this paper focuses on Harding's revisionist approach to US religious history by addressing three historiographical elements: radical reinterpretation of historical narrative from the perspective of the oppressed; the uses and abuses of biography in the historical representations of Dr. King in popular culture and collective memory; and articulation of a philosophy of history rooted in a theology of hope and human flourishing. This paper illustrates how Harding's writings advance a liberating vision for history as both a discipline and discursive realm in service to social justice and human dignity. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1670 |
| Comprende: | Enthalten in: Black theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14769948.2019.1680515 |
