Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.

Eddie S. Glaude Jr. is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor and chair of the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University. A former president of the American Academy of Religion, his books on religion and philosophy include Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own, An Uncommon Faith: A Pragmatic Approach to the Study of African American ReligionAfrican American Religion: A Very Short Introduction and Exodus! Religion, Race and Nation in Early 19th Century Black America, which was awarded the Modern Language Association’s William Sanders Scarborough Book Prize.

 

Contributions by Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.

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The Lie at the Heart of America

James Baldwin's critique of America and its racism is an "urgent lesson" for contemporary America, writes Dr. Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. in his new book Begin Again.

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