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The New Abolition : W. E. B. Du Bois and the Black Social Gospel by Dorrien, Gary J. is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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The black social gospel emerged from the trauma of Reconstruction to ask what a “new abolition” would require in American society. It became an important tradition of religious thought and resistance, helping to create an alternative public sphere of excluded voices and providing the intellectual underpinnings of the civil rights movement. This tradition has been seriously overlooked, despite its immense legacy. Â In this groundbreaking work, Gary Dorrien describes the early history of the black social gospel from its nineteenth-century founding to its close association in the twentieth century with W. E. B. Du Bois. He offers a new perspective on modern Christianity and the civil rights era by delineating the tradition of social justice theology and activism that led to Martin Luther King Jr.

Who reads The New Abolition : W. E. B. Du Bois and the Black Social Gospel?

Author

Dorrien, Gary J.

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780300205602

Category

history

Subjects

History, Sociology, Religion

Rating

4.7 / 5 (26 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14