Prayers for Dark People
Kindle Edition
University of Massachusetts Press · Ebook · August 28, 1980
A collection of prayers written by Du Bois for students at Atlanta University, thoughtfully compiled and introduced by Herbert Aptheker.
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- Who it’s for
- Du Bois’s prayers for Atlanta students attend to inner lives and hope.
- Genres
- Prayer, Black & African American Lives, Liberation Theology
- Published
- University of Massachusetts Press, August 28, 1980
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A collection of prayers written by Du Bois for students at Atlanta University, thoughtfully compiled and introduced by Herbert Aptheker. These prayers are deeply committed to paying attention to and caring for the inner lives of Black Americans. Biblical familiarity and agnosticity are both present in these autobiographical writings, uplifting the hopes and practices of W. E. B. Du Bois's life, while meditating on the still relevant question of how to make ?
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a good life for all.?
Du Bois’s Prayers
Du Bois’s prayers for Atlanta students attend to inner lives and hope.
Come here for
- Biblical familiarity alongside agnosticity
- Reflections on making a good life for all
Expect
- Autobiographical prayers by Du Bois
- An introduction by Herbert Aptheker
Where it sits
| Black & African American Lives | 59% |
|---|---|
| Prayer | 31% |
| Liberation Theology | 15% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Social History
- Black Lit Crit
- Religion & Spirituality
- Authors
- W.E.B. Du Bois, Herbert Aptheker
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Published
- August 28, 1980
- Format
- Ebook
- Reading lane
- Social History