Religion and Black Racial Identity in Du Bois’s Sociology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9600769 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sandro Segre (0000-0003-1582-4451, University of Genoa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 656-666 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The American Sociologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1232 • E-ISSN: 1936-4784 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s12108-021-09488-y |
| OpenAlex | W3159314188 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 19 |
This article focuses on W.E.B. Du Bois’s ambivalent reception of Protestantism, and of religion in general. It argues that he rejected institutional Protestantism as characterized by cold formalism, but thought that the teaching and practices of this religion as taking place the Negro Churches were still relevant to most American Blacks. As pointed out by some secondary literature, Du Bois maintained that religious institutions gave comfort, social cohesion and a collective identity of their own to Blacks, who were an oppressed minority; however, only the Blacks’ racial consciousness could improve their social and political position. Institutional religion was then an important identity source for Blacks in general. It was not, however, for Du Bois himself. Du Bois had experienced racial discrimination and abuse based on the color line, and had therefore formed his social identity as a member of the Black race in the United States. This identity was the most salient to him and elicited his greatest commitment
Aesthetics · Ambivalence · Art · Identity (music · Identity politics · Political science · Politics · Protestant work ethic · Protestantism · Religious identity · Social group · Social identity theory · Social science · Sociology · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious studies · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Psychology · Religious Studies
Symbolic interactionism
The Negro
Black Reconstruction in America, 1860–1880
The Souls of Black Folk
W. E. B. Du Bois
The Sociological Insight of W.E.B. Du Bois
The Sociology of Religion of W.E.B. Du Bois
The Sociology of W. E. B. Du Bois
The Social Theory of W.E.B. Du Bois
The Negro
The Philadelphia Negro
W. E. B. Du Bois, American Prophet
Identity Theory
Symbolic Interactionism
Religion in the South
The Scholar Denied
The scholar denied
| Citations per year | 0.6 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |