The New Abolition: W. E. B. Du Bois and the Black Social Gospel

by Gary Dorrien and Gary J. Dorrien

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300205600
• ISBN13: 9780300205602
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 672 Pages
• Weight: 2.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.5"