W.E.B. Du Bois, American prophet

Introduction : Rethinking W.E.B. Du Bois, rethinking religion and race

ch. 1. The hero with a black face : autobiography and mythology of self

ch. 2. Race as cosmic sight in The Souls of Black Folk

ch. 3. A dark monk who wrote history and sociology : the spiritual wage of whiteness, the Black church, and mystical Africa

ch. 4. Black Messiahs and murderous whites : violence and faith in literary expression

ch. 5. Christ was a communist : religion for an aging leftist

Epilogue : The passing of the prophet

Notes

Index

Acknowledgments.