Böcker av Eddie S. Glaude

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 work shows how the biblical story of suffering and the journey to redemption inspired a pragmatic tradition of racial advocacy among African Americans in the early 19th century. It compares the historical uses of Exodus by black and white Americans and the concepts on "nation" it generated.

Makes a plea for black America to address its social problems by recourse to experience - and with an eye set on the promise and potential of the future.

This work gathers new and classic essays on the Black Power movement and its legacy by renowned thinkers who deal rigorously and unsentimentally with such issues as the commodification of blackness, the piety of cultural recovery, and class tensions within the movement.