In a Shade of Blue

Preface
Acknowledgments
In a Shade of Blue: An Introduction

1. Tragedy and Moral Experience: John Dewey and Toni Morrison’s Beloved
2. “Black and Proud”: Reconstructing Black Identity
3. “Ethiopia Shall Stretch Forth Her Hands unto God”: The Problem of History in Black Theology
4. Agency, Slavery, and African American Christianity
5. Explicating Black Nationalism
6. The Eclipse of a Black Public and the Challenge of a Post-Soul Politics

Epilogue: The Covenant with Black America
Notes
Index