Origins of Black Humanism in America Reverend Ethelred Brown and the Unitarian Church

Name: Origins of Black Humanism in America Reverend Ethelred Brown and the Unitarian Church
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ISBN: 9780230606777

ISBN-10: 0230606776

ISBN-13: 9780230606777

Edition: 2008

Authors: Juan M. Floyd-Thomas, Juan Floyd-thomas

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"The Origins of Black Humanism in America is a provocative examination of the religious and intellectual roots of African American humanist thought and praxis that weaves together history, biography, literary criticism, cultural studies, political theory, and religious studies drawn from widely scattered sources across the African diaspora. Floyd-Thomas tells the remarkable story of Reverend E. Ethelred Brown - a Jamaican immigrant ordained as a Unitarian minister in the early twentieth century - who founded the Harlem Unitarian Church, the first fellowship established by Unitarians of African descent in North America. By linking Brown's pioneering efforts in the Unitarian Church to the…

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List price: $54.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 11/17/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 268
Size: 5.63" wide x 8.44" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.056

Associate Professor in the Field of Black Church Studies, Vanderbilt Divinity School, (office: Div 143)



Acknowledgments


A Note on Usage


Introduction



Poor Pilgrim of Sorrow: Rev. Ethelred Brown and the Roots of Black Humanism in Harlem



Building the Church of Tomorrow: Race, Religion, and Social Thought in the Harlem Unitarian Church



Against Principalities, Against Powers: Racial Uplift and Working-Class Radicalism in the Harlem Unitarian Church



In the Shadow of Egypt: Racial Consciousness and Pan-Caribbean Nationalism in the Harlem Unitarian Church



The Price We Pay: The Demise of the Harlem Unitarian Church



A Unique and Significant Religious Experiment: Rev. Ethelred Brown and the Legacy of Black Humanism


Notes


Bibliography


Index