“The Full Realization of This Desire”: Garland Anderson, Race, and the Limits of New Thought in the Age of Jim Crow
Garland Anderson was an African American playwright who parlayed his New Thought beliefs into a successful Broadway play, a career as a lecturer, and the distinction of being the first to introduce milkshakes to England. Yet his name is absent from every survey on the history of New Thought. This ar...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Californiarnia Press
2014
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Nova religio
Year: 2014, Volume: 17, Issue: 3, Pages: 84-108 |
| Further subjects: | B
Divine Mind
B Annie Rix Militz B Garland Anderson B Unity B Christian Science B New Thought B Father Divine B Emma Curtis Hopkins |
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| Summary: | Garland Anderson was an African American playwright who parlayed his New Thought beliefs into a successful Broadway play, a career as a lecturer, and the distinction of being the first to introduce milkshakes to England. Yet his name is absent from every survey on the history of New Thought. This article introduces Anderson to readers and argues that while his race may have kept him from garnering the attention of white practitioners of New Thought, his application of New Thought to questions of race impeded Anderson’s ability to make a lasting impact on many African Americans in an age of legal segregation. |
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| ISSN: | 1541-8480 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Nova religio
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1525/nr.2014.17.3.84 |