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ISBN: PB: 9780300244335

Yale University Press

April 2019

632 pp.

23.5x15.6 cm

6 black&white illus.

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Breaking White Supremacy

Martin Luther King Jr. and the Black Social Gospel

The civil rights movement was one of the most searing developments in modern American history. It abounded with noble visions, resounded with magnificent rhetoric, and ended in nightmarish despair. It won a few legislative victories and had a profound impact on U.S. society, but failed to break white supremacy. The symbol of the movement, Martin Luther King Jr., soared so high that he tends to overwhelm anything associated with him. Yet the tradition that best describes him and other leaders of the civil rights movement has been strangely overlooked.

In his latest book, Gary Dorrien continues to unearth the heyday and legacy of the black social gospel, a tradition with a shimmering history, a martyred central figure, and enduring relevance today. This part of the story centers around King and the mid-twentieth-century black church leaders who embraced the progressive, justice-oriented, internationalist social gospel from the beginning of their careers and fulfilled it, inspiring and leading America's greatest liberation movement.

About the Author

Gary Dorrien is the Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary and Professor of Religion at Columbia University. He is the author of seventeen books that range across the fields of ethics, social theory, theology, philosophy, politics, and history. His most recent book, "Kantian Reason and Hegelian Spirit: The Idealistic Logic of Modern Theology", won the PROSE Award from the Association of American Publishers as the best book in Theology and Religious Studies of 2012. He lives in New York.

Reviews

"In this follow up to 'The New Abolition', Gary Dorrien proves that a sequel can be on par with or even better than the original. Anyone seeking to understand Black religious thought in the era of Black Lives Matter would do well to start here" – Andre E. Johnson, University of Memphis

"Monumental and meticulous, this is a fascinating work of intellectual history. Dorrien's great contribution is to name and to illuminate a tradition – the Black social gospel – that had no name" – William D. Hart, Macalester College

"This must-read book masterfully tells the stories of African American Christian leaders struggling for racial justice and social democracy in the twentieth century. A powerful inspiration for religious activists today" – Vincent Lloyd, Villanova University