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The new abolition : W.E.B. Du Bois and the black social gospel

Dorrien, Gary J., author

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\"The black social gospel emerged from the trauma of Reconstruction to ask what a \"new abolition\" would require in American society. It became an important tradition of religious thought and resistance, helping to create an alternative public sphere of excluded voices and providing the intellectual underpinnings of the civil rights movement. This tradition has been egregiously overlooked, despite its immense legacy. In this groundbreaking work, Gary Dorrien describes the early history of the black social gospel from its nineteenth-century founding to its close association in the twentieth century with W.E.B. Du Bois. He offers a new perspective on modern Christianity and the civil rights era by delineating the tradition of social justice theology and activism that led to Martin Luther King Jr.\" -- Publisher's description

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Subject: Du Bois, W. E. B. 1868-1963. / African Americans Civil rights History 20th century. / Civil rights movements History 20th century. / African Americans Religious life. / Black theology History. / Christian sociology United States. / Social gospel. / Theology. / Zwarte theologie. / Verenigde Staten.
• ISBN: 9780300205602, 0300205600

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
BT82.7.D677 2015	1	BOOK	GENERAL