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W.E.B. Du Bois : Toward Agnosticism, 1868-1934 - Brian L. Johnson

W.E.B. Du Bois

Toward Agnosticism, 1868-1934

By: Brian L. Johnson

Hardcover | 5 September 2008

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Brian L. Johnson's remarkable biography of W.E.B. Du Bois describes the evolution of religious views from Du Bois's birth until his resignation as editor of Crisis magazine in 1934.

W.E.B. Du Bois: Toward Agnosticism, 1868-1934 traces Du Bois's mounting skepticism through his earliest church experiences to his sociological training in Berlin culminating with his writings in Crisis magazine. Johnson argues that despite Du Bois's frequent use of Protestant religious rhetoric, the mature Du Bois was a critic of African American religious organizations and their leaders, and a scientifically oriented agnostic who did not adhere to any religious orthodoxy.
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In W.E.B. Du Bois: Toward Agnosticism, Johnson maintains that Du Bois scholars have avoided examining the role of agnosticism in Du Bois' life....Johnson uses many excellent quotations and excerpts from Du Bois' writings to demonstrate Du Bois' agnosticism....this book is a fine introduction to a side of Du Bois that, in Johnson's opinion has been "wholly avoided." -- Norm R. Allen Jr. * Free Inquiry, April/May 2010 *
Johnson uses many excellent quotations and excerpts from Du Bois' writings to demonstrate Du Bois' agnosticism....This book is a fine introduction to a side of Du Bois that, in Johnson's opinion, has been 'wholly avoided.' * Free Inquiry, May 2010 *

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