Jonathon S. Kahn

Divine Discontent

The Religious Imagination of W. E. B. Du Bois

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Produktbeschreibung

Jonathon Kahn offers a fresh and controversial reading of W.E.B. Du Bois, showing how Du Bois consciously marshals religious rhetoric, concepts, typologies, narratives, virtues, and moods in order to challenge the traditional Christian worldview.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 301g
• ISBN-13: 9780199829866
• ISBN-10: 0199829861
• Artikelnr.: 33607198

Autorenporträt

Jonathon S. Kahn is Assistant Professor of Religion at Vassar College.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction: Divine Discontent as Religious Faith
* 1: What is Pragmatic Religious Naturalism and What Does It Have to Do
with Du Bois?
* 2: Pragmatic Religious Naturalism and the Binding of The Souls of
Black Folk
* 3: ''Love For These People'': Racial Piety as Religious Devotion
* 4: Rewriting the American Jeremiad: On Pluralism, Black Nationalism,
and a New America
* 5: ''Behold the Sign of Salvation-A Noosed Rope'': The Promise and
Perils of Du Bois's Economies of Sacrifice
* Conclusion: Beyond Du Bois: Toward a Tradition of African American
Pragmatic Religious Naturalism
* Notes
* Index