Reviving the Children of Nimrod: Living and Thinking Like the Children of Nimrod

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As Anthony Pinn argues in his latest collection, humanism comes in many colors. When more attention is given to issues of race as connected to other forms of oppression, it is easier to see the manner in which humanism has lived and functioned within African American communities. Using the biblical figure Nimrod as symbol, African American Humanist Principles demonstrates African American humanists' intellectual and praxis-related grounding in a history of rebellion against over-determined and oppressive limitations on human doing and being. Pinn maintains that it is this quest for a fuller sense of being - for greater existential and ontological worth - that informs the basic principles of African American humanism. African American Humanist Principles is one of the only books to present the inner workings of humanist principles as the foundation for humanism from the African American perspective - its form and content, nature and meaning. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxiii Introduction: An Encounter with the Children of Nimrod (Anthony B. Pinn)....Pages 1-10 Front Matter ....Pages 11-12 The Historical Contours of African American Humanist Principles: Part One (Anthony B. Pinn)....Pages 13-25 The Historical Contours of African American Humanist Principles: Part Two (Anthony B. Pinn)....Pages 27-38 Front Matter ....Pages 39-40 African American Humanist Principles as Ethical Framework: The Religious Right and Doing “Right” (Anthony B. Pinn)....Pages 41-48 The Christian Right and Soteriology: A Humanist Alternative (Anthony B. Pinn)....Pages 49-60 Front Matter ....Pages 61-62 Humanist Principles, Musical Production, and Life Orientation (Anthony B. Pinn)....Pages 63-76 On Profiling: A Humanist Interpretation of the “Fixing” of Black Bodies (Anthony B. Pinn)....Pages 77-82 Nimrod’s Children Have Bodies: Humanist Sensibilities, Black Theology, and Sex(uality) (Anthony B. Pinn)....Pages 83-97 Front Matter ....Pages 99-99 Toward Black Humanist Studies Part One: Theological Discourse Reconceived (Anthony B. Pinn)....Pages 101-108 Toward Black Humanist Studies Part Two: Pedagogical Considerations (Anthony B. Pinn)....Pages 109-114 Back Matter ....Pages 115-144