African American Religious Thought: An Anthology - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0664224598 ISBN 13: 9780664224592

Publisher: Westminster/John Knox Press, 2003

Synopsis

Believing that African American religious studies has reached a crossroads, Cornel West and Eddie Glaude seek, in this landmark anthology, to steer the discipline into the future. Arguing that the complexity of beliefs, choices, and actions of African Americans need not be reduced to expressions of black religion, West and Glaude call for more careful reflection on the complex relationships of African American religious studies to conceptions of class, gender, sexual orientation, race, empire, and other values that continue to challenge our democratic ideals.

About this title

About the Author:

Cornel West is Class of 1943 University Professor in the Center for African American Studies at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. He is considered one of America's most provocative public individuals and has been a champion for racial justice since childhood. His writing, speaking, and teaching weave together the traditions of the black Baptist church, progressive politics, and jazz. The New York Times has praised his "ferocious moral vision."

Eddie S. Glaude Jr. is William S. Tod Professor of Religion and African American Studies and Chair of the Center for African American Studies at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. He is the recipient of numerous fellowships and awards, including the 2002 Modern Language Association William Sanders Scarborough Prize for his book Exodus!. His work also includes African-American Religious Thought: An Anthology, coedited with Cornel West.

Synopsis:

An anthology of African American religious thought, compiled by pre-eminent scholar Cornel West and rising star Eddie Glaude, which is intended to redefine the field of African religious studies. They move it into dialogue with American religion, modernity and the new world.

About this edition

• Publisher: Westminster/John Knox Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0664224598
• ISBN 13: 9780664224592
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 250
• Editor: West Cornel, Glaude Jr. Eddie S.