"How Long This Road": Race, Religion, and the Legacy of C. Eric Lincoln (Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice)

In light of the recent death of C. Eric Lincoln, the renowned theorist of race and religion, scholars came together and created this compelling collection that represents twenty years of critical intellectual reflection in Lincoln's honor. "How Long this Road" is a social study of African American religious patterns and dynamics. C. Eric Lincoln's principle concern with the racial factor in American social and religious life expands in these pages to include such correlative factors as gender, the African Diaspora, and social class. "How Long this Road" is an impressive work that is bound to become a classic in religion and sociology courses, church studies and African American studies. Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii Introduction....Pages 1-16 Front Matter....Pages 17-17 Human Values and Inhuman Systems....Pages 19-33 C. Eric Lincoln: A Scholar for All Seasons....Pages 35-42 The “American Dilemma” in the Life and Scholarship of C. Eric Lincoln....Pages 43-61 Heroic Professor: A Pedagogy of Creativity....Pages 63-75 The Lincoln Legacy: Challenges and Considerations....Pages 77-87 Front Matter....Pages 89-89 Islam in America: Problems of Legacy, Identity, Cooperation, and Conflict among African American and Immigrant Muslims....Pages 91-108 W. E. B. DuBois and the Struggle for African America’s Soul....Pages 109-118 Martin, Malcolm, and Black Theology....Pages 119-130 “There Is a Work for Each One of Us”: The Socio-Theology of the Rev. Florence Spearing Randolph....Pages 131-140 A Time for Honor: A Portrait of African American Clergywomen....Pages 141-159 Front Matter....Pages 161-161 Freedom’s Song....Pages 163-169 Turning Burdens into Blessings....Pages 171-175 Can the Intellect Analyze the Spirit?....Pages 177-191 Front Matter....Pages 193-193 The Teachers of the World....Pages 195-202 “My Chains Fell Off”: Heart Religion in the African American Methodist Tradition....Pages 203-231 Stalking George Washington Williams....Pages 233-246 The Social Responsibility of the Modern University....Pages 247-259 Epilogue....Pages 261-269 Back Matter....Pages 270-279 Cover 1 ‘‘How Long This Road’’ 4 Contents 6 Series Editors’ Preface 8 This Road Since Freedom 10 Foreword 20 Acknowledgments 24 Introduction 25 I The Legacy of C. Eric Lincoln 41 1 Human Values and Inhuman Systems 42 2 C. Eric Lincoln: A Scholar for All Seasons 57 3 The “American Dilemma” in the Life and Scholarship of C. Eric Lincoln 65 4 Heroic Professor 84 5 The Lincoln Legacy 97 II The Social Analysis of Religion 108 6 Islam in America 109 7 W. E. B. DuBois and the Struggle for African America’s Soul 127 8 Martin, Malcolm, and Black Theology 137 9 “There Is a Work for Each One of Us” 149 10 A Time for Honor 159 III The Religious Community Bears Witness 178 11 Freedom’s Song 179 12 Turning Burdens into Blessings 186 13 Can the Intellect Analyze the Spirit? 191 IV Lift Every Voice 206 14 The Teachers of the World 207 15 “My Chains Fell Off” 215 16 Stalking George Washington Williams 244 17 The Social Responsibility of the Modern University 258 Epilogue: The C. Eric Lincoln Lectures 271 Appendix: The C. Eric Lincoln Lectureship Series 280 About the Contributors 281 Index 285 There is a popular adage to the effect that "you are what you eat."