|
Books > History > American history
|
Not currently available
Black Freethinkers - A History of African American Secularism (Paperback)
Loot Price: R759
Discovery Miles 7 590
|
|
|
Black Freethinkers - A History of African American Secularism (Paperback)
Series: Critical Insurgencies
Supplier out of stock. If you add this item to your wish list we will let you know when it becomes available.
|
Black Freethinkers argues that, contrary to historical and popular
depictions of African Americans as naturally religious, freethought
has been central to black political and intellectual life from the
nineteenth century to the present. Freethought encompasses many
different schools of thought, including atheism, agnosticism, and
nontraditional orientations such as deism and paganism. Christopher
Cameron suggests an alternative origin of nonbelief and religious
skepticism in America, namely the brutality of the institution of
slavery. He also traces the growth of atheism and agnosticism among
African Americans in two major political and intellectual movements
of the 1920s: the New Negro Renaissance and the growth of black
socialism and communism. In a final chapter, he explores the
critical importance of freethought among participants in the civil
rights and Black Power movements of the 1960s and 1970s. Examining
a wealth of sources, including slave narratives, travel accounts,
novels, poetry, memoirs, newspapers, and archival sources such as
church records, sermons, and letters, the study follows the lives
and contributions of well-known figures such as Frederick Douglass,
Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, and Alice Walker, as well as
lesser-known thinkers such as Louise Thompson Patterson, Sarah
Webster Fabio, and David Cincore.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
(2)
