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245 00 a| James W.C. Pennington :b| essays toward rediscovering a great African American intellectual and reformer /c| edited by Jan Stievermann, Caitlin B. Smith, Eddie S. Glaude Jr.;

246 30 a| Essays toward rediscovering a great African American intellectual and reformer;

264 1 a| New York, NY :b| Oxford University Press,c| [2025];

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490 1 a| Oxford new histories of philosophy;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Pennington, the colored conventions movement, and the struggle for black self-determination / John Ernest -- Reverend James W.C. Pennington's transnational abolitionist mission / Manisha Sinha -- James W.C. Pennington and the peace cause / Sandra M Gustafson -- Revolutionary encounters: American abolitionists and Europe's 1848ers / Mischa Honeck -- James W.C. Pennington's human rights campaign / John Witte -- James W.C. Pennington's romanticism / Kenyon Gradert -- "To make me more efficient for good": Black democratic perfectionism and James W.C. Pennington / Eddie S Glaude -- James W.C. Pennington and the new divinity tradition / Jan Stievermann -- "What is this but infidelity?": James W.C. Pennington's engagements with skepticism / Caitlin B Smith -- Freedom vs. family in the pre-emancipation African American fugitive slave narrative: The singular case of James W.C. Pennington / William L Andrews;

520 a| "In tandem with its companion volume, The Fugitive Blacksmith and Other Essential Writings by James W.C. Pennington, this collection of new essays seeks to recover and reappraise James W.C. Pennington (1808-1870), a truly remarkable figure of Black intellectual and political history who is unjustly overlooked today. Written by an international group of scholars from a variety of disciplines, these essays illuminate different parts of Pennington's life and career after escaping from slavery in 1827, discussing his role as reformer, political activist, and theologian. They discuss Pennington's major works including A Text Book of the Origin and History of the Colored People (1841) and his autobiography, The Fugitive Blacksmith (1849), and explore Pennington's understanding of and fight for human rights, his selective engagement with Romantic ideas of historicism and culture, and his concept of Black perfectionism. Together the essays bring to life Pennington not just as a historical figure but as a thinker deeply relevant to contemporary conversations about, among other things, the entanglements of race and religion, human rights, democracy, and America's unfinished reconstruction."--Back cover.;

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James W.C. Pennington : essays toward rediscovering a great African American intellectual and reformer / edited by Jan Stievermann, Caitlin B. Smith, Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

Other author	Stievermann, Jan, editor.
Other author	Smith, Caitlin B., editor.
Other author	Glaude, Eddie S., Jr., 1968- editor.
Format	Book
Publication	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Description	xxi, 280 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects	Pennington, James W. C. African Americans--Biography.

Portion of title	Essays toward rediscovering a great African American intellectual and reformer
Series	Oxford new histories of philosophy Oxford new histories of philosophy. ^A1464026
Contents	Pennington, the colored conventions movement, and the struggle for black self-determination / John Ernest -- Reverend James W.C. Pennington's transnational abolitionist mission / Manisha Sinha -- James W.C. Pennington and the peace cause / Sandra M Gustafson -- Revolutionary encounters: American abolitionists and Europe's 1848ers / Mischa Honeck -- James W.C. Pennington's human rights campaign / John Witte -- James W.C. Pennington's romanticism / Kenyon Gradert -- "To make me more efficient for good": Black democratic perfectionism and James W.C. Pennington / Eddie S Glaude -- James W.C. Pennington and the new divinity tradition / Jan Stievermann -- "What is this but infidelity?": James W.C. Pennington's engagements with skepticism / Caitlin B Smith -- Freedom vs. family in the pre-emancipation African American fugitive slave narrative: The singular case of James W.C. Pennington / William L Andrews
Abstract	"In tandem with its companion volume, The Fugitive Blacksmith and Other Essential Writings by James W.C. Pennington, this collection of new essays seeks to recover and reappraise James W.C. Pennington (1808-1870), a truly remarkable figure of Black intellectual and political history who is unjustly overlooked today. Written by an international group of scholars from a variety of disciplines, these essays illuminate different parts of Pennington's life and career after escaping from slavery in 1827, discussing his role as reformer, political activist, and theologian. They discuss Pennington's major works including A Text Book of the Origin and History of the Colored People (1841) and his autobiography, The Fugitive Blacksmith (1849), and explore Pennington's understanding of and fight for human rights, his selective engagement with Romantic ideas of historicism and culture, and his concept of Black perfectionism. Together the essays bring to life Pennington not just as a historical figure but as a thinker deeply relevant to contemporary conversations about, among other things, the entanglements of race and religion, human rights, democracy, and America's unfinished reconstruction."--Back cover.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other form	Online version:
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ISBN	9780197690710
ISBN	9780197690703 hardcover
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