Divine discontent the religious imagination of W.E.B. Du Bois /

Kahn, Jonathon Samuel.

Divine discontent the religious imagination of W.E.B. Du Bois / [electronic resource] : Jonathon S. Kahn. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. - vi, 183 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Divine discontent as religious faith -- What is pragmatic religious naturalism, and what does it have to do with Du Bois? -- Pragmatic religious naturalism and the binding of The souls of Black folk -- "Love for these people" : racial piety as religious devotion -- Rewriting the American jeremiad : on pluralism, Black nationalism, and a new America -- "Behold the sign of salvation-a noosed rope" : the promise and perils of Du Bois's economies of sacrifice -- Conclusion : Beyond Du Bois : toward a tradition of African American pragmatic religious naturalism.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780199736607 (electronic bk.)




Du Bois, W. E. B. 1868-1963 --Religion.


Naturalism--Religious aspects.
Pragmatism.
Natural theology.
African Americans--Religion.
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.


United States--Race relations.


Electronic books.

E185.97.D73 / K34 2009

303.48/4092