Chapter 1 1. Introduction Chapter 2 2. The Problem of Amusement Chapter 3 3. The Philadelphia Negro Chapter 4 4. Credo Chapter 5 5. The Negro Chruch Chapter 6 6. Of the Faith of the Fathers Chapter 7 7. Of Alexander Crummel Chapter 8 8.A Litany in Atlanta Chapter 9 9. Religion in the South Chapter 10 10. Jesus Christ in Georgia Chapter 11 11. The Church and the Negro Chapter 12 12. The Burden of Black Women Chapter 13 13. Jesus Christ in Baltimore Chapter 14 14. Easter Chapter 15 15. The Negro Church Chapter 16 16. The White Christ Chapter 17 17. The Gospel According to Mary Brown Chapter 18 18. The Second Coming Chapter 19 19. The Prayers of God Chapter 20 20. A Hymn to the Peoples Chapter 21 21. Pontius Pilate Chapter 22 22. The Gift of the Spirit Chapter 23 23. The Color Line and the Church Chapter 24 24. Will the Church Remove the Color Line? Chapter 25 25. The Son of God Chapter 26 26. Jacob and Esau Chapter 27 27. The Negro Church and the Warsaw Ghetto
Phil Zuckerman is also the author of Strife in the Sanctuary (AltaMira Press, 1999). He is currently a professor of sociology at Pitzer College.
Zuckerman's work represents an important first step in recognizing
the significant contributions Du Bois made in the study of
religion—work equally important as his scholarly advances in the
areas of sociology, education, journalism, civil rights, and
politics.
*H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online*
Nowhere is political activist W.E.B. DuBois's special gift for keen
observation and biting social analysis more evident than in these
26 short essays, selections, and stories on black religion.
*CHOICE*
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois is considered one of the foremost
sociologists on the African-American experience. In Du Bois on
Religion, Phil Zuckerman reminds us that W.E.B. Du Bois was also an
outstanding thinker and scholar in the sociology ofreligion.... As
a result of Zuckerman's editorial skills, the reader sees a
portrait of Du Bois as an outspoken activist against racism,
classism, discrimination, and segregation found in white society as
well as class- and sex-based segregations that often occurred in
the African-American community.... Of particular strength is
Zuckerman's ability to arrange excerpts of longer works and
seldom-published pieces to support Du Bois's contention that the
African-American church was as much a social institution as a
spiritual one ('The Church and the Negro') and the fluidity of the
sacred and the secular for African-Americans ('Souls of Black
Folk').... The book succeeds both at presenting samples of Du
Bois's scholarly studies and personal writings on the sociology of
religion as well as capturing the gradual progression from Du Bois
the optimistic, reverent, and somewhat naive proselyte to Du Bois
the cynical, disillusioned agnostic... Zuckerman situates Du Bois
with classical sociological greats such as D
*Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion*
This volume presents a collection of 26 works by W.E.B. DuBois
(1868-1963) that establish his place in the sociology of religion &
offer a new perspecive on the influence of religion on his ideas on
race & social justice.
*Sociological Abstracts, (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)*
This classroom-usable collection compiles major essays, addresses,
poems, and personal writings by W.E.B. Du Bois about religious
topics....a most useful compilation text.
*Religious Studies Review*
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois is considered one of the foremost
sociologists on the African-American experience. In Du Bois on
Religion, Phil Zuckerman reminds us that W.E.B. Du Bois was also an
outstanding thinker and scholar in the sociology of religion.... As
a result of Zuckerman's editorial skills, the reader sees a
portrait of Du Bois as an outspoken activist against racism,
classism, discrimination, and segregation found in white society as
well as class- and sex-based segregations that often occurred in
the African-American community.... Of particular strength is
Zuckerman's ability to arrange excerpts of longer works and
seldom-published pieces to support Du Bois's contention that the
African-American church was as much a social institution as a
spiritual one ('The Church and the Negro') and the fluidity of the
sacred and the secular for African-Americans ('Souls of Black
Folk').... The book succeeds both at presenting samples of Du
Bois's scholarly studies and personal writings on the sociology of
religion as well as capturing the gradual progression from Du Bois
the optimistic, reverent, and somewhat naive proselyte to Du Bois
the cynical, disillusioned agnostic... Zuckerman situates Du Bois
with classical sociological greats such as Durkheim and Weber and
provides clear evidence why this is so. This well-edited text is
definitely recommended reading for an advanced undergraduate course
or first-year graduate course in sociology of religion,
African-American studies, or cultural studies.
*Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion*
This volume presents a collection of 26 works by W.E.B. DuBois
(1868-1963) that establish his place in the sociology of religion &
offer a new perspecive on the influence of religion on his ideas on
race & social justice.
*Sociological Abstracts, (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)*
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