Zora Neale Hurston, Freethought, and African American Religion
This article explores the contributions of Zora Neale Hurston to African American freethought during the early to mid-twentieth century. Focusing on her personal (ir)religious development as well as her anthropological studies of Black religion, it demonstrates that she was a central figure in a bur...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Pennsylvania State University Press
[2016]
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Journal of Africana religions
Year: 2016, Volume: 4, Issue: 2, Pages: 236-244 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hurston, Zora Neale 1891-1960
/ Blacks
/ Secularism
/ Feminism
/ Freedom of thought
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism CB Christian life; spirituality CD Christianity and Culture FD Contextual theology KBQ North America NBC Doctrine of God NBE Anthropology TJ Modern history TK Recent history |
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| Summary: | This article explores the contributions of Zora Neale Hurston to African American freethought during the early to mid-twentieth century. Focusing on her personal (ir)religious development as well as her anthropological studies of Black religion, it demonstrates that she was a central figure in a burgeoning secular movement of this era, especially in the close ties she posits between Black feminism and Black freethought. The presence and growth of Black secularism, as indicated in Hurston's work, should push scholars to further reexamine the importance of the conversion moment in Black religion and the boundaries of African American religious studies. |
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| ISSN: | 2165-5413 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Africana religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5325/jafrireli.4.2.0236 |