W. E. B. Du Bois, American Prophet

Informationen zum Autor Edward J. Blum teaches history at San Diego State University. His books include the award-winning Reforging the White Republic: Race, Religion, and American Nationalism, 1865-1898. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. Rethinking W.E.B. Du Bois, Rethinking Religion and Race 1. The Hero with a Black Face: Autobiography and the Mythology of the Self 2. Race as Cosmic Sight in The Souls of Black Folk 3. A Dark Monk Who Wrote History and Sociology: The Spiritual Wage of whiteness, the Black Church, and Mystical Africa 4. Black Messiahs and Murderous Whites: Violence and Faith in Literary Expression 5. Christ Was a Communist: Religion for an Aging Leftist Epilogue. The Passing of the Prophet Notes Index Acknowledgments

Product details

• Authors: Edward J Blum, Edward J. Blum
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.11.2009
• EAN: 9780812220865
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-2086-5
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Politics and Culture in Modern; Politics and Culture in Modern America; Politics and Culture in Modern America; Politics and Culture in Modern
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries