TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pinn,Anthony B.
TI  - Humanism: essays on race, religion and cultural production 
SN  - 9781472581419
AV  - B821 .P56 2015
U1  - 144 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - London
PB  - Bloomsbury Academic
KW  - Humanism
KW  - United States
KW  - Humanism, Religious
KW  - Race
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Religion
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Race relations
KW  - Philosophical anthropology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-172), discography and index; Acknowledgments. Introduction: Sisyphus, humanism, and the challenge of three. Section 1 Race : Racing humanism: two examples for context -- African Americans living li(f)e -- The ongoing challenge of race -- does race have a religion? On the "faith" of Du Bois. Section 2 Religion -- Nimrod is a hero... and God is a problem -- Humanism and the rethinking of a king's king -- Putting Jesus in his place -- Gathering the godless: intentional "communities" and ritualizing ordinary life. Section 3 Cultural production : Learning to be cool, or making due with what we do -- End of the "end:" humanism, hip-hop, and death -- Speaking in public: the problem of theistic language for collective life. Epilogue: Sisyphus's happiness. Notes. Bibliography. Index
N2  - Provides a much-needed humanities-based analysis and description of humanism in relation to theses cultural markers. Whereas most existing analysis attempts to explain humanism through the natural and social sciences (the "what" of life), Anthony B. Pinn explores humanism in relation to "how" life is arranged, socialized, ritualized, and framed. This ground-breaking publication brings together old and new essays on a wide range of topics and themes, from the African-American experience, to the development of humanist churches, and the lyrics of Jay-Z
ER  -