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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778075903321

Autore

Floyd-Thomas J

Titolo

The Origins of Black Humanism in America [[electronic resource] ] : Reverend Ethelred Brown and the Unitarian Church / / by J. Floyd-Thomas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2008

ISBN

1-282-19891-2

9786612198915

0-230-61582-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2008.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (283 p.)

Collana

Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice

Disciplina

289.1/747108996073

289.133092

Soggetti

Ethnology—Africa

Religion

Religion—History

African Culture

Religious Studies, general

History of Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-239) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note on Usage; Introduction; 1 Poor Pilgrim of Sorrow: Rev. Ethelred Brown and the Roots of Black Humanism in Harlem; 2 Building the Church of Tomorrow: Race, Religion, and Social Thought in the Harlem Unitarian Church; 3 Against Principalities, Against Powers: Racial Uplift and Working-Class Radicalism in the Harlem Unitarian Church; 4 In the Shadow of Egypt: Racial Consciousness and Pan-Caribbean Nationalism in the Harlem Unitarian Church; 5 The Price We Pay: The Demise of the Harlem Unitarian Church

6 A Unique and Significant Religious Experiment: Rev. Ethelred Brown and the Legacy of Black HumanismNotes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.