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W.E.B. Du Bois

Toward Agnosticism, 1868-1934

von: Brian L. Johnson
97,99 €
Verlag:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format:	PDF
Veröffentl.:	05.09.2008
ISBN/EAN:	9780742565753
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	154

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Titelbeschreibung

Brian L. Johnson's remarkable biography of W.E.B. Du Bois describes the evolution of religious views from Du Bois's birth until his resignation as editor of Crisis magazine in 1934. W.E.B. Du Bois: Toward Agnosticism, 1868-1934 traces Du Bois's mounting skepticism through his earliest church experiences to his sociological training in Berlin culminating with his writings in Crisis magazine. Johnson argues that despite Du Bois's frequent use of Protestant religious rhetoric, the mature Du Bois was a critic of African American religious organizations and their leaders, and a scientifically oriented agnostic who did not adhere to any religious orthodoxy.

Titelkurzbeschreibung

Brian L. Johnson's remarkable biography of W.E.B. Du Bois describes the evolution of religious views from Du Bois's birth until his resignation as editor of Crisis magazine in 1934. W.E.B. Du Bois, Towards Agnosticism (1868-1934) traces Du Bois' mounting skepticism through his earliest church experiences to his sociological training in Berlin culminating with his writings in Crisis Magazine. Johnson argues that despite Du Bois' frequent use of Protestant religious rhetoric, the mature Du Bois was a critic of African American religious organizations and their leaders, and a scientifically oriented agnostic who did not adhere to any religious orthodoxy.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Introduction
 Chapter 2
 Chapter 1: The First Congregational Church of Great Barrington
 Chapter 3
 Chapter 2: T. Thomas Fortune's New York Globe (Freeman) and Great Barrington's 'Very Religious' and 'Strange' Settlers
 Chapter 4
 Chapter 3: From a Christian Pragmatism to Social Science: Fisk, Harvard &Berlin
 Chapter 5
 Chapter 4: Silent Times: The Preacher, the Scholar, and the American Negro Academy
 Chapter 6
 Chapter 5: As the Crow Flies
 Chapter 7
 Chapter 6: The Agnostic Pulpit: The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races
 Chapter 8 Epilogue: The Great Ghandhi, The Prophet of Communism, and Agnostic Legacy

Autorenportrait

Brian L. Johnson is chief of staff at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina, and associate professor of English in its Center for Integrated Studies.