The Origins of Black Humanism in America

Reverend Ethelred Brown and the Unitarian Church
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-349-37417-5
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 268 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 361 g

Reihe: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Floyd-Thomas, J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

'A Poor Pilgrim of Sorrow': Harlem and the Roots of Racial Utopianism 'Building the Church of Tomorrow': Race, Religion, and Social Thought in the Harlem Unitarian Church 'Against Principalities, Against Powers': Racial Uplift and Working-Class Radicalism in the Harlem Unitarian Church 'In the Shadow of Egypt': Race Consciousness, and Pan-Caribbean Nationalism in the Harlem Unitarian Church 'The Price We Pay': The Demise of the Harlem Unitarian Church 'A Unique and Significant Religious Experiment': Ethelred Brown and the Legacy of Radical Black Humanism

Über Autor(innen)

JUAN M. FLOYD-THOMAS is Associate Professor of History, Texas Christian University, USA.