Mysticism and Social Change: The Social Witness of Howard Thurman

by Alton B. Pollard III

Book Overview

Academics and activists alike have long dismissed mysticism as an otherworldly and escapist form of religion. Alton B. Pollard III, in a ground breaking study of the noted African-American mystic, Howard Thurman, presents an analysis of religious experience that challenges prevailing interpretations of mysticism and social change. Drawing on perspectives from sociology, phenomenology, and history, the author examines the meaning of mystical religion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820419818
• ISBN13: 9780820419817
• Release Date: July 1992
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 219 Pages