In light of the recent death of C. Eric Lincoln, the renowned theorist of race and religion, scholars came together and created this compelling collection that represents twenty years of critical intellectual reflection in Lincoln's honor. "How Long this Road" is a social study of African American religious patterns and dynamics. C. Eric Lincoln's principle concern with the racial factor in American social and religious life expands in these pages to include such correlative factors as gender, the African Diaspora, and social class. "How Long this Road" is an impressive work that is bound to become a classic in religion and sociology courses, church studies and African American studies.

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Dwight N. Hopkins is Professor of Theology and Director of MA Studies in the Divinity School, University of Chicago, USA.

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Part I: The Legacy of Lincoln Human Values and Inhuman Systems - C. Eric Lincoln C. Eric Lincoln: A Scholar for All Seasons - Charles H. Long The "American Dilemma" in the Life and Scholarship of C. Eric Lincoln - Mary R. Sawyer Heroic Professor: A Pedagogy of Creativity - Jon Michael Spencer The Lincoln Legacy: Challenges and Considerations - Jualynne E. Dodson Part II: The Social Analysis of Religion Islam in America: Problems of Legacy, Identity, Cooperation and Conflict Among African Americans and Immigrant Muslims - Lawrence Mamiya W.E.B. Du Bois and the Struggle for African America's Soul - Alton B. Pollard, III Martin, Malcolm, and Black Theology - James H. Cone "There Is a Work for Each One of Us": The Socio-Theology of the Rev. Florence Spearing Randolph - Cheryl Townsend Gilkes Part III: The Witness of the Religious Community Freedom's Song - Gardner C. Taylor Turning Burdens Into Blessings - Floyd Flake Can the Intellect Analyze the Spirit? - Ava Muhammad Part IV: Lift Every Voice The Teachers of the World - Asa G. Hilliard "My Chains Fell Off": Heart Religion in the African American Methodist Tradition - L. Henry Whelchel, Jr. Stalking George Washington Williams - John Hope Franklin * The Social Responsibility of the Modern University - Jon Silber