Above the Color Line
W. E. B. Du Bois’s Otherworldly Perspective and a New Racial Order
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8200519 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher White (0000-0001-8634-0441, University of Connecticut, corresponding author), M W Hughey (0000-0002-6456-5663, Vassar College) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 91 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 605-620 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Academy of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7189 • E-ISSN: 1477-4585 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jaarel/lfae019 |
| OpenAlex | W4392856702 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 29 |
Though W. E. B. Du Bois was critical of traditional religion, he understood the power of religious orientations to the world, including religious attitudes of faith and hope. Although many scholars have commented on Du Bois’s secular faith, few have understood the secular, scientific sources that he used to develop it. In this article, we examine how Du Bois built a post-Christian otherworldly perspective in part by drawing from popular science writers who examined the possibilities, both real and imagined, of higher-dimensional spaces and planes of existence. We analyze Du Bois’s scholarship, visionary fiction, prayers, and poems to better understand how he repurposed higher-dimensional concepts to envision a post-racial God, reimagine the social order, and develop key ideas that informed his life’s work, including the concept of the “color line.”
Art · Color line · Economics · Geometry · Line (geometry) · Order (exchange) · Perspective (graphical) · Race (biology) · Sociology · Visual arts · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Gender Studies · Mathematics · Race, History, and American Society · Social and Cultural Dynamics
W.E.B. Du Bois, the Black Church, and the Sociological Study of Religion
The Sociological Spirituality of W. E. B. Du Bois's Prayers for Dark People
W. E. B. DuBois on Sociology and the Black Community
The Religious Imagination of W. E. B. Du Bois
Feminist Epistemologies
W. E. B. Du Bois, American Prophet
W. E. B. Du Bois and the Atlanta University Studies on the Negro
Debating Du Bois’s Darkwater
The Veil Transcended
World Romance
Prometheus as Racial Allegory
On transnational analogy
More Than Metaphors
The Interracial “Baha'i Movement” and the Black Intelligentsia
Echo and Narcissus
Both Sides of the Veil
The theology of the lyric tradition in African American spirituals
The Oppressive Elements in Religion and the Religions of the Oppressed
Du Bois's Horizon
Reading Du Bois through Religion and Religious Commitment
The Attitudes of American Protestantism Toward the Negro, 1919-1939
Situated Knowledges
"The Souls of White Folk" (1920-2020)
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |