Anthony B. Pinn

Author of Terror and Triumph

About the Author

Anthony B. Pinn is the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities, professor of religion, and director of the Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning at Rice University.

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Works by Anthony B. Pinn

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Terror and Triumph (2003) 47 copies

Fortress Introduction to Black Church History (2001) 43 copies

Why, Lord? Suffering and Evil in Black Theology (1995) 41 copies

Liberation Theologies in the United States: An Introduction (2010) — Editor — 38 copies

The Black Church in the Post-Civil Rights Era (2002) 32 copies

Varieties of African American Religious Experience (New Vectors in the Study of Religion and Theology) (1998) 31 copies

Loving the Body: Black Religious Studies and the Erotic (Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice) (2004) 29 copies

The End of God-Talk: An African American Humanist Theology (2011) 23 copies

Noise and Spirit: The Religious and Spiritual Sensibilities of Rap Music (2003) 22 copies

The Oxford Handbook of African American Theology (2014) — Editor — 21 copies

A Master Class on Being Human: A Black Christian and a Black Secular Humanist on Religion, Race, and Justice (2023) 20 copies

Writing God's Obituary: How a Good Methodist Became a Better Atheist (2014) 19 copies

Ties That Bind: African American and Hispanic American/Latino/a Theologies in Dialogue (2001) 18 copies

By These Hands: A Documentary History of African American Humanism (2001) 16 copies, 1 review

African American Religious Cultures (2 Vol. Set) (2009) 13 copies

Pauli Murray: Selected Sermons And Writings (2006) — Editor — 13 copies

What is African American religion? (2011) 13 copies

When Colorblindness Isn't the Answer: Humanism and the Challenge of Race (Humanism in Practice) (2017) 13 copies

The Black Practice of Disbelief: An Introduction to the Principles, History, and Communities of Black Nonbelievers (2024) 11 copies, 1 review

The African American Religious Experience in America (History of African-American Religions) (2005) 11 copies

What is humanism, and why does it matter? (2013) — Editor — 9 copies

Moral Evil and Redemptive Suffering: A History of Theodicy in African-American Religious Thought (2002) 8 copies

Embodiment and the New Shape of Black Theological Thought (Religion, Race, and Ethnicity) (2010) 8 copies

What Has the Black Church to do with Public Life? (2013) 7 copies

Interplay of Things: Religion, Art, and Presence Together (2021) 7 copies

Creating Ourselves: African Americans and Hispanic Americans on Popular Culture and Religious Expression (2009) 6 copies

Introducing African American Religion (World Religions) (2013) 6 copies

Teaching and Studying the Americas: Cultural Influences from Colonialism to the Present (2010) 6 copies

African American Religious Life and the Story of Nimrod (2007) 6 copies

The Oxford Handbook of Humanism (Oxford Handbooks) (2019) 6 copies

Making the Gospel Plain: The Writings of Bishop Reverdy C. Ransom (African American Religious Thought & Life) (1999) 5 copies

Becoming America's Problem Child: An Outline of Pauli Murray's Religious Life and Theology (2008) 4 copies

African American Humanist Principles: Living and Thinking Like the Children of Nimrod (2004) 4 copies

Humanism and technology : opportunities and challenges (2016) 3 copies

Humanism and the Challenge of Difference (2018) 3 copies

The new disciples : a novel (2015) 2 copies

Religion : just religion (2016) 2 copies

Deathlife: Hip Hop and Thanatological Narrations of Blackness (2024) 2 copies

Humanism : essays on race, religion and popular culture (2015) 1 copy

‘Saving’ Education: Religion and/in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (Higher Education Leadership & Study of Historically Black Colleges and Universities) (2025) 1 copy

Understanding and Transforming the Black Church: (2010) 1 copy

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Religion and Popular Culture in America (2000) — Contributor — 77 copies

Between Sacred and Profane: Researching Religion and Popular Culture (2007) — Contributor — 23 copies

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Birthdate: 1964
Gender: male
Education: Columbia University (BA)
Harvard University (Ph.D|Study of Religion|1994)
Occupations: professor
Organizations: Rice University
Macalester College
Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Buffalo, New York, USA
Associated Place (for map): New York, USA

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Michael_Lilly 163 reviews

The Black Practice of Disbelief: An Introduction to the Principles, History, and Communities of Black Nonbelievers by Anthony Pinn

This is a challenging book that gives a white person such as myself some better insight into what it is like to be Black and a humanist; the traditional role of the Black Church in the lives of Black people; and some insight into myself as a non-theist/humanist member of the Universal Unitarian Church.

Mar 23, 2025

nfulks32 84 reviews

By These Hands: A Documentary History of African American Humanism by Anthony B. Pinn

Pinn’s work is a satisfying assemblage on the narrative history of humanism in the African American community. Luminaries and the laity are given equal footing to present the case for humanism as path to liberation for African Americans.

Jul 17, 2020