W. E. B. Du Bois: American prophet
W. E. B. Du Bois, American Prophet is the first religious biography of this leading civil rights activist and intellectual. Though Du Bois is often labeled an atheist, historian Edward J. Blum argues that his religious and spiritual insights are central to understanding his political and intellectua...
| Summary: | W. E. B. Du Bois, American Prophet is the first religious biography of this leading civil rights activist and intellectual. Though Du Bois is often labeled an atheist, historian Edward J. Blum argues that his religious and spiritual insights are central to understanding his political and intellectual work. COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION: RETHINKING W. E. B. DU BOIS, RETHINKING RELIGION AND RACE -- CHAPTER ONE: THE HERO WITH A BLACK FACE: AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND THE MYTHOLOGY OF SELF -- CHAPTER TWO: RACE AS COSMIC SIGHT IN THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK -- CHAPTER THREE: A DARK MONK WHO WROTE HISTORY AND SOCIOLOGY: THE SPIRITUAL WAGE OF WHITENESS, THE BLACK CHURCH, AND MYSTICAL AFRICA -- CHAPTER FOUR: BLACK MESSIAHS AND MURDEROUS WHITES: VIOLENCE AND FAITH IN LITERARY EXPRESSION -- CHAPTER FIVE: CHRIST WAS A COMMUNIST: RELIGION FOR AN AGING LEFTIST -- EPILOGUE: THE PASSING OF THE PROPHET -- NOTES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-255) and index |
| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (viii, 273 p) |
| ISBN: | 0812220862 9780812220865 9780812204506 |
