The new abolition : W. E. B. Du Bois and the Black social gospel / Gary Dorrien.

Author/creator Dorrien, Gary J. author.
Format Book
PublicationNew Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]
Description647 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963.
African Americans--Civil rights. --History. --20th century.
Civil rights movements--History. --20th century.
African Americans--Religion.
Christian sociology--United States.

Summary 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN9780300205602 hardcover
ISBN0300205600 hardcover

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Joyner General Stacks E185.61 .D67 2015 ✔ Available Place Hold