Tragic soul-life : W.E.B. Du Bois and the moral crisis facing American democracy /

"Contemporary debates on the role of religion in American public life ignore the overlap between religion and race in the formation of American democratic traditions and more often than not imagine democracy within the terrain of John Rawls's political liberalism. This kind of political li...

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Main Author:	Johnson, Terrence L. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2011]
Series:	Imagining the Americas.
Subjects:	Du Bois, W. E. B. > (William Edward Burghardt), > 1868-1963 > Religion. Du Bois, W. E. B. > (William Edward Burghardt), > 1868-1963 > Political and social views. Du Bois, W. E. B. > (William Edward Burghardt), > 1868-1963 > Criticism and interpretation. Du Bois, W. E. B. > (William Edward Burghardt), > 1868-1963 African Americans > Religion. Religion and politics > United States. Race > Religious aspects > Christianity. African Americans > Civil rights. African Americans > Social conditions. United States > Race relations. United States > Politics and government. Noirs américains > Religion. Religion et politique > États-Unis. Noirs américains > Droits. Noirs américains > Conditions sociales. États-Unis > Relations raciales. États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement. LITERARY CRITICISM. POLITICAL SCIENCE. Religion. RELIGION. African Americans > Civil rights African Americans > Religion African Americans > Social conditions Political and social views Politics and government Race relations Race > Religious aspects > Christianity Religion Religion and politics United States Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:

Spiritual isolation
Haunting echoes : tragic soul-life and the souls of our ancestors
Spirit of freedom
The dead, death, and dying
The spirit of religion : soul-beauty and human strivings
Ethics in a world of bad faith
Conclusion: Religion and the American tragedy.