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W. E. B. Du Bois, American Prophet is the first religious biography of this leading civil rights activist and intellectual. Though Du Bois is often labeled an atheist, historian Edward J. Blum argues that his religious and spiritual insights are central to understanding his political and intellectua...
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2007] ©2007 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Politics and culture in modern america
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http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812204506 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9780812204506.jpg |
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W. E. B. Du Bois, American Prophet is the first religious biography of this leading civil rights activist and intellectual. Though Du Bois is often labeled an atheist, historian Edward J. Blum argues that his religious and spiritual insights are central to understanding his political and intellectual work. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9780812204506 |
| Index Number: | E185 |
| CLC: | D771.262 |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION. Rethinking W. E. B. Du Bois, Rethinking Religion and Race -- CHAPTER ONE. The Hero With a Black Face -- CHAPTER TWO. Race as Cosmic Sight in The Souls of Black Folk -- CHAPTER THREE. A Dark Monk Who Wrote History and Sociology -- CHAPTER FOUR. Black Messiahs and Murderous Whites -- CHAPTER FIVE. Christ Was a Communist -- EPILOGUE. The Passing of the Prophet -- NOTES -- INDEX -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. |