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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461237103321

Autore

Kahn Jonathon Samuel

Titolo

Divine discontent [[electronic resource] ] : the religious imagination of W.E.B. Du Bois / / Jonathon S. Kahn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-12934-5

9786613129345

0-19-973660-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Disciplina

303.484092

Soggetti

Naturalism - Society - Religious aspects

Pragmatism

Natural theology

African Americans - Religion

Race relations - Religious aspects - Christianity

Gender & Ethnic Studies

Social Sciences

Ethnic & Race Studies

Electronic books.

United States Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.