Background
III, Alton Brooks Pollard, was born on May 5, 1956 in St. Paul. Son of Alton Brooks Junior and Lena Laverne (Evans) P.
(Academics and activists alike have long dismissed mystici...)
Academics and activists alike have long dismissed mysticism as an «otherworldly» and escapist form of religion. Alton B. Pollard III, in a ground breaking study of the noted African-American mystic, Howard Thurman, presents an analysis of religious experience that challenges prevailing interpretations of mysticism and social change. Drawing on perspectives from sociology, phenomenology, and history, the author examines the meaning of mystical religion for the «underside» of contemporary American society. What he uncovers is significant: an activist form of mysticism, compelled by the dictates of spiritual experience, that defies social conventions and engenders social change.
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III, Alton Brooks Pollard, was born on May 5, 1956 in St. Paul. Son of Alton Brooks Junior and Lena Laverne (Evans) P.
Bachelor, Fisk University, 1978. Master of Divinity, Harvard University, 1981. Doctor of Philosophy, Duke University, 1987.
Pastor, John Street Baptist Church, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1979-1982;
pastor, New Red Mountain Baptist Church, Rougemont, North Carolina, 1984-1986;
assistant professor religion, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1987-1988;
assistant professor religion, Wake Forest U., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1988-1992;
associate professor, Wake Forest U., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, since 1992. Associate minister Emmanuel Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, 1988. Director Kemet School Knowledge, since 1990.
Visiting assistant professor of University North Carolina, Greensboro, 1991. Board directors Crisis Control Ministry, Winston-Salem.
(Academics and activists alike have long dismissed mystici...)
(Academics and activists alike have long dismissed mystici...)
Member of advisory board Worcester County School Board, 1980-1982. Member community problem solving committee United Way, Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, since 1990;member Community Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Awareness Campaign, Winston-Salem, 1991. Member Leadership Winston-Salem, Class of 1993.
Board directors North Carolians Against Racist and Religious Violence, 1993-1994. Member Society for Study Black Religion, Religious Research Association, American Academy Religion, Association for Sociology Religion, Society for Science Study Religion.
Married Jessica Juana Bryant, July 14, 1979. Children: Alton Brooks IV, Asha Elise.