Teaching to Live: Black Religion, Activist-Educators, and Radical Social Change

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Teaching to Live: Black Religion, Activist-Educators, and Radical Social Change interrogates the stories of African American activist-educators whose faith convictions inspired them to educate in radical and transformative ways. Many of these educators are known only or primarily for their educational theory or activism, and their religious convictions have often been obscured or outright ignored. Almeda M. Wright seeks to rectify this omission, exploringthe connections between religion, education, and struggles for freedom within twentieth-century African American communities by telling the stories of key African American teachers.Wrightbrings together the lives and work of three related subgroups of activist-educators: those who worked in public or secular education but were religiously inspired; radical scholars who transformed the ways that Black religion and Black religious life are studied and valued; and radical religious educators, or those educators who were involved more formally with the religious formation of Black people but who regarded this work of spiritual development as part of the struggle for freedom andliberation of all people. She begins with the reflections of Anna Julia Cooper, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, and Nannie Helen Burroughs, who attempted to transform American society by expanding theinvolvement of African Americans as contributors to all aspects of American life, especially the religious, intellectual, and cultural spheres. Wright also examines the activist-educators at the center of the mid-twentieth-century Civil Rights Movement, such as the religious and lay leaders Septima Clark and James Lawson, and the cadre of student leaders and teachers they trained. Finally, she investigates how the models of religious activist-educators Olivia Pearl Stokes and Albert Cleageemerged in the last quarter of the twentieth century at the same time that questions about the centrality of Black Christianity in the African American community and Black activism began to take shape.The rich and complex narratives of these educators show how religion, education, and radical social change can intersect. This book invites readers to continue exploring how these concepts will evolve for future generations of activist-educators.

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Almeda M. Wright is Associate Professor of Religious Education at Yale Divinity School. Her research focuses on African American religion, Womanist spirituality, adolescent spiritual development, and the intersections of religion, education, and public life. She is the author of The Spiritual Lives of Young African Americans and editor of Children, Youth, and Spirituality in a Troubling World (with Mary Elizabeth Moore).

Table of Contents

Introduction: Religion, Education and Radical Social ChangeSection I: Telling our own Stories1. Anna Julia Cooper2. W. E. B. Du BoisSection II: Teaching to Live3. Ida B. Wells4. Nannie Helen BurroughsSection III: Radical Love, Citizenship and Education5. Septima Poinsett Clark6. James LawsonSection IV: Radical Black Religious Education, Post Civil Rights7. Olivia Pearl Stokes8. Albert Cleage, Jr.Conclusion: Looking Backward to Move ForwardBibliography

Review

Wright provides the most important work on religious education in a generation. The religious activist educator grounded in the lives and histories of Black faith and justice leaders is an identity and vocation that will be taught, shared, and lived by future generations of religious educators. * Patrick B. Reyes, Ph.D., Dean, Auburn Theological Seminary *Teaching to Live convenes a gathering of heroic and prophetic educators across the boundaries of history and ideology. Wright's selection of people such as Baptist Burroughs, Congregational Cleage, Episcopal Cooper, and Methodist Lawson also underscores the ecumenical undercurrent that has nurtured the Black Church as a force for social change. This book is a rich exploration of the intersections of biography, history, and social structure in the lives of these African American Christian educators, all of whom provide models for engaging current struggles involving faith and social justice. * Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies, Emerita *

Details ISBN0197663427 ISBN-13 9780197663424 Format Hardcover Author Almeda M. Wright Pages 256 Year 2024 Subtitle Black Religion, Activist-Educators, and Radical Social Change Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Publication Date 2024-04-23 Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States US Release Date 2024-04-23 AU Release Date 2024-07-15 Audience Professional & Vocational ISBN-10 0197663427 UK Release Date 2024-04-23 DEWEY 370.92396073 We've got this

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