TY  - BOOK
AU  - Glaude,Eddie S.
TI  - An uncommon faith: a pragmatic approach to the study of African American religion 
T2  - George H. Shriver lecture series in religion in American history
SN  - 9780820354163
AV  - BR563.N4 G595 2018eb
U1  - 200.89/96073 23
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Athens
PB  - The University of Georgia Press
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Religion
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Pragmatism
KW  - Methods
KW  - Noirs américains
KW  - Étude et enseignement
KW  - Méthodologie
KW  - Pragmatisme
KW  - methodology
KW  - aat
KW  - pragmatism
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Comparative Religion
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Essays
KW  - Reference
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - African American
KW  - fast
KW  - gnd
KW  - Schwarze
KW  - USA
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Pragmatism and African American religion -- Babel in the North: Black migration, moral community, and the ethics of racial authenticity -- An uncommon faith : rereading W.E.B. Du Bois on religion
N2  - With An Uncommon Faith Eddie S. Glaude Jr. makes explicit his pragmatic approach to the study of African American religion. He insists that scholars take seriously what he calls black religious attitudes, that is, enduring and deep-seated dispositions tied to a transformative ideal that compel individuals to be otherwise-no matter the risk. This claim emerges as Glaude puts forward a rather idiosyncratic view of what the phrase "African American religion" offers within the context of a critically pragmatic approach to writing African American religious history. Ultimately, An Uncommon Faith reveals how pragmatism has shaped Glaude's scholarship over the years, as well as his interpretation of black life in the United States. In the end, his analysis turns our attention to those "black souls" who engage in the arduous task of self-creation in a world that clings to the idea that white people matter more than others. It is a task, he argues, that requires an uncommon faith and deserves the close attention of scholars of African American religion
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