The Origins of Black Humanism in America: Reverend Ethelred Brown and the Unitarian Church

ISBN-13: 9781349374175 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 268 str.

Juan Floyd-Thomas; J. Floyd-Thomas

Opis

By examining the minister who helped inspire the founding of the Harlem Unitarian Church Reverend Ethelred Brown, Floyd-Thomas offers a provocative examination of the religious and intellectual roots of Black humanist thought.

Spis treści

'A Poor Pilgrim of Sorrow': Harlem and the Roots of Racial Utopianism 'Building the Church of Tomorrow': Race, Religion, and Social Thought in the Harlem Unitarian Church 'Against Principalities, Against Powers': Racial Uplift and Working-Class Radicalism in the Harlem Unitarian Church 'In the Shadow of Egypt': Race Consciousness, and Pan-Caribbean Nationalism in the Harlem Unitarian Church 'The Price We Pay': The Demise of the Harlem Unitarian Church 'A Unique and Significant Religious Experiment': Ethelred Brown and the Legacy of Radical Black Humanism

O autorze

JUAN M. FLOYD-THOMAS is Associate Professor of History, Texas Christian University, USA.