Origins of Black Humanism in America - Reverend Ethelred Brown and the Unitarian Church

Informationen zum Autor JUAN M. FLOYD-THOMAS is Associate Professor of History, Texas Christian University, USA. Klappentext By examining the minister who helped inspire the founding of the Harlem Unitarian Church Reverend Ethelred Brown! Floyd-Thomas offers a provocative examination of the religious and intellectual roots of Black humanist thought. Zusammenfassung By examining the minister who helped inspire the founding of the Harlem Unitarian Church Reverend Ethelred Brown! Floyd-Thomas offers a provocative examination of the religious and intellectual roots of Black humanist thought. Inhaltsverzeichnis 'A Poor Pilgrim of Sorrow': Harlem and the Roots of Racial Utopianism 'Building the Church of Tomorrow': Race, Religion, and Social Thought in the Harlem Unitarian Church 'Against Principalities, Against Powers': Racial Uplift and Working-Class Radicalism in the Harlem Unitarian Church 'In the Shadow of Egypt': Race Consciousness, and Pan-Caribbean Nationalism in the Harlem Unitarian Church 'The Price We Pay': The Demise of the Harlem Unitarian Church 'A Unique and Significant Religious Experiment': Ethelred Brown and the Legacy of Radical Black Humanism

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'A Poor Pilgrim of Sorrow': Harlem and the Roots of Racial Utopianism 'Building the Church of Tomorrow': Race, Religion, and Social Thought in the Harlem Unitarian Church 'Against Principalities, Against Powers': Racial Uplift and Working-Class Radicalism in the Harlem Unitarian Church 'In the Shadow of Egypt': Race Consciousness, and Pan-Caribbean Nationalism in the Harlem Unitarian Church 'The Price We Pay': The Demise of the Harlem Unitarian Church 'A Unique and Significant Religious Experiment': Ethelred Brown and the Legacy of Radical Black Humanism

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• Authors: J Floyd-Thomas, J. Floyd-Thomas, Juan M. Floyd-Thomas
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.01.2016
• EAN: 9781349374175
• ISBN: 978-1-349-37417-5
• No. of pages: 282
• Series: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice; Black Religion/Womanist Though; Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice; Black Religion / Womanist Thought / Social Justice
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Religion, B, Religion: general, History of Religion, Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Religion—History, Religious Studies, general, African Culture, Ethnology—Africa, experiment;religion;Utopia