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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Kahn, Jonathon Samuel. Divine discontent. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009 (DLC) 2008050496 |
Named Person: | W E B Du Bois; W E B Du Bois; William E B Du Bois; William Edward Burghardt Du Bois; William E B Du Bois |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Jonathon Samuel Kahn |
ISBN: | 0195307895 9780195307894 9780199736607 019973660X |
OCLC Number: | 463185285 |
Description: | 1 online resource (208 pages) |
Contents: | Introduction : Divine discontent as religious faith -- What is pragmatic religious naturalism, and what does it have to do with Du Bois? -- Pragmatic religious naturalism and the binding of The souls of Black folk -- "Love for these people" : racial piety as religious devotion -- Rewriting the American jeremiad : on pluralism, Black nationalism, and a new America -- "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. |
Responsibility: | Jonathon S. Kahn. |
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Abstract:
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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