Title The new abolition : W.E.B. Du Bois and the Black Social Gospel / Gary Dorrien

Published New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015] ©2015

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Description 1 online resource (672 pages) Contents Recovering the black social gospel -- Apostles of new abolition -- The crucible: Du Bois versus Washington -- In the spirit of Niagara -- New abolition bishops -- Separatism, integration, socialism -- Resistance and anticipation 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 seriously 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 SUBJECT Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 fast Subject African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century Civil rights movements -- History -- 20th century African Americans -- Religion. Christian sociology -- United States HISTORY -- Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) HISTORY -- North America. African Americans -- Civil rights African Americans -- Religion Christian sociology Civil rights movements United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780300216332 0300216335

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