When Hope Appeared in Flesh

The article looks at former U.S. President Barack Obama's political inheritance and refashioning of the spirit of the American Jeremiad with Black power. It presents a debate between Black liberalism and Black leftist politics. It states that Obama's striking theological and political reor...

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Auteur principal: Johnson, Terrence L. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: The University of North Carolina Press 2018
Dans: Cross currents
Année: 2018, Volume: 68, Numéro: 1, Pages: 159-178
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Obama, Barack 1961- / Changement politique / Noirs / Justice sociale / Espérance
RelBib Classification:CG Christianisme et politique
KBQ Amérique du Nord
ZC Politique en général
Sujets non-standardisés:B BLACK power; United States
B OBAMA, Barack, 1961-
B Social Change
B Exceptionnalisme américain
B Liberalism
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Résumé:The article looks at former U.S. President Barack Obama's political inheritance and refashioning of the spirit of the American Jeremiad with Black power. It presents a debate between Black liberalism and Black leftist politics. It states that Obama's striking theological and political reorientation would promote social change in the service of justice that corrects social harms rather than tout American exceptionalism.
ISSN:1939-3881
Contient:Enthalten in: Cross currents
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/cros.12305