Revolutionary change and democratic religion : Christianity, vodou, and secularism / Celucien L. Joseph. [electronic resource]

Includes bibliographical references.

Intro -- Title Page -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Changing Slavery and Defending Human Rights -- To Write for Change, Freedom, and Human Dignity -- Changing Western Historiography and Epistemology -- Revolution of the Mind: Religion, Marxist Humanism, and Development -- Democratic Faith as Religious Freedom -- Holistic Transformation -- Bibliography

Includes bibliographies and index.

Part I. Radical Change in the Time of Slavery and Freedom -- 1. Changing slavery and defending human rights : Toussaint Louverture and the challenge of freedom -- 2. To write for change, freedom, and human dignity : the historic letter of July 1792 -- 3. Changing Western historiography and epistemology : Anténor Firmin, the Egyptian question, and Afrocentric imagination -- Part II. Faith, Secularism, and the Problem of Change -- 4. Revolution of the mind : religion, Marxist humanism, and development : an analysis of Roumain's religious feeling and Marxist rhetoric -- 5. Democratic faith as religious freedom : the possibility of Christian-Vodouist dialogue in Hurbon and Fils-Aime -- 6. Holistic transformation : justice as solidarity and the poor in Aristide's theological tradition.

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