{"product_id":"james-w-c-pennington-essays-toward-rediscovering-a-great-african-american-intellectual-and-reformer-hardcover","title":"James W.C. Pennington: Essays Toward Rediscovering a Great African American Intellectual and Reformer - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJan Stievermann\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCaitlin B. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eEddie S. Glaude\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn tandem with its companion volume, \u003cem\u003eThe Fugitive Blacksmith \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eOther Essential Writings by James W.C. Pennington\u003c\/em\u003e, this collection of new essays seeks to recover and reappraise James W.C. Pennington (1808-1870), a truly remarkable figure of Black intellectual and political history who is unjustly overlooked today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten by an international group of scholars from a variety of disciplines, these essays illuminate different parts of Pennington's life and career after escaping from slavery in 1827, discussing his role as reformer, political activist, and theologian. They discuss Pennington's major works including\u003cem\u003e A Text Book of the Origin and History of the Colored People\u003c\/em\u003e (1841) and his autobiography, \u003cem\u003eThe Fugitive Blacksmith\u003c\/em\u003e (1849), and explore Pennington's understanding of and fight for human rights, his selective engagement with Romantic ideas of historicism and culture, and his concept of Black perfectionism. Together the essays bring to life Pennington not just as a historical figure but as a thinker deeply relevant to contemporary conversations about, among other things, the entanglements of race and religion, human rights, democracy, and America's unfinished reconstruction.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJan Stievermann\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of the History of Christianity in the U.S. at Heidelberg University. He has written books and essays on a range of topics in the fields of American religious history and American literature, including \u003cem\u003eProphecy, Piety, and the Problem of Historicity: Interpreting the Hebrew Scriptures in Cotton Mather's Biblia Americana\u003c\/em\u003e (2016). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCaitlin B. Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e is Assistant Professor of Early American Literature at St. Bonaventure University. She has published multiple journal articles on nineteenth-century American literature and religion, with a special focus on early freethinking societies and constructions of doubt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEddie S. Glaude Jr.\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of several books, including the New York Times bestseller \u003cem\u003eBegin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own and We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For\u003c\/em\u003e. Glaude is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Princeton University.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 21, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53003909267789,"sku":"9780197690703","price":188.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/0lGV1m75xX9780197690703.webp?v=1765968928","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/james-w-c-pennington-essays-toward-rediscovering-a-great-african-american-intellectual-and-reformer-hardcover","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}