Uncommon Faith: A Pragmatic Approach to the Study of African American Religion

by Eddie Glaude and Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820354171
• ISBN13: 9780820354170
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 90 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"