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 Intellectual Contributions of his published works 

Eddie Glaude’s intellectual work historicizes the modern manifestations of white supremacy and the formation of Black Power movements, making references to slavery and histories of white dominance. As Glaude argues throughout his bodies of work, anti-Blackness and white supremacy continue to structure American society as a result of the Value Gap, in which white lives are valued more than Black lives, impacting many of the political decisions in the United States. Black identity and Black Power Movements arise in response to and are emphasized because of the increasing expressions of white supremacy. His work also reveals the importance of African American religion, which encompasses a range of religious doctrines, in that it serves as an avenue to respond to oppressive conditions and varying forms of institutional discrimination African Americans face. Importantly, African American religion is intrinsically linked to Black identity, thus highlighting the linkages between politics and religion.

In a shade of blue : pragmatism and the politics of Black America
Eddie Glaude defines racial identity through his book “Shades of Blue” by using African American stories and novels, specifically Toni Morisson’s book “Beloved” and ethnographies from John Dewey. Through the use of Morisson’s and Dewey’s work, Glaude develops the term black publics; which is the opinion of African Americans and their culture by African Americans and the criticism of African Americans by white supremacist in the past, present and future. Glaude discusses the history of Apartheid in South Africa in the late 1900s, which focuses on how institutionalized racism was built on the fact that the white minority were the only land owners and farmers by law. While additionally, using the past of both slavery and white dominance in the United States to refer to how African Americans were labeled as "nameless nobodies" whose status could only be altered by recreating themselves into the concept of "somebodies”. The definition of black power was the key foundation throughout Glaude’s writing and was illustrated in two main aspects. Thus, concluding that 1) when an individual has black power this is merged with having an identity as a christian and that 2) one needs to portray both a vision and the concept of black power to make what they believe a reality.

''' Exodus! : religion, race, and nation in early nineteenth-century Black America '''

Exodus!: religion, race, and nation in early nineteenth-century Black America  Is Eddie Glaude’s first publication. Here, Glaude illustrates the key role Black religious life played in the emergence and conceptualizing of a Black national identity. Biblical narratives were both used to conceptualize race and imbued with moral and ethical mandates. References to the Exodus specifically aided in the crafting of a national identity reflecting the unique experience of African Americans. Throughout the novel, Glaude particularly focuses on the distinct narrative interpretations of the biblical Exodus story. Black and white Americans offered distinctive interpretations of the Exodus story which respectively aided in the construction of differing visions of American nationalism. Black interpretations of the Exodus story framed African Americans as a separate community of people, thus necessitating a call for racial solidarity rather than a complete rejection of the United States. within a racist nation's sense of closeness. Beyond interpretations of the Exodus story, grounds this analysis of the linkage between Black religion in the workings in political organizations of Black Americans. The challenge of obtaining freedom generated a diversity in responses, that collectively highlight the ambivalence negotiating emancipation was fraught with. Overall, Glaude’s novel is praised for its expansion racial and religious discourse in the context of the antebellum period and for offering an alternative vocabulary for discussing Black religion in public spaces. Exodus reveals the linkages between religion and politicians as being grounded in imagination, as well as the intersection between racial and national formation in the antebellum period.

 Democracy in black: How race still enslaves the American soul 

In this book, Eddie Glaude describes the state of black America that savages the idea of a post-racial society.

Glaude talks about America’s great promise of equality and how it has always “rung hollow” in the ears of African Americans. The situation of equality has become more serious due to the murders of black youth by the police, the dismantling of the Voting Rights Act, and the disaster visited upon poor and middle-class black families by the Great Recession. Glaude claims it is clear that black America faces an emergency—at the very moment the election of the first black president has prompted many to believe we’ve solved America’s race problem though African-Americans have lost more than 50 percent of their wealth by 2011. They lost homes, savings, and jobs, with national black unemployment reaching 16 percent in 2010.

In his book, Eddie S. Glaude Jr.’s impassioned response argues that we live in a country founded on a “value gap”—with white lives valued more than others—that still distorts our politics today. Whether discussing why all Americans have racial habits that reinforce inequality, why black politics based on the civil-rights era have reached a dead end, or why only remaking democracy from the ground up can bring real change, Glaude crystallizes the untenable position of black America–and offers thoughts on a better way forward. Forceful in ideas and unsettling in its candor, Democracy In Black is a landmark book on race in America, one that promises to spark wide discussion as we move toward the end of our first black presidency.

 In An Uncommon Faith : A Pragmatic Approach to the Study of African American Religion 

Eddie Glaude analyzes the relationship that African Americans have with religion. Glaude focuses on Black religious attitudes and looks at how these attitudes tie the Black community together. Glaude argues that if one wants to understand Black life within America, one must study and pay attention to African American religion. The book is made up of three chapters that contextualize the role religion has played within African American history. Glaude touches upon Black migration, racial authenticity, and moral community while also examining W.E.B. DuBois thoughts on African American religion. Glaudes focus on black souls and how they they try to navigate and find identity in white society.

 African American Religion : A Very Short Introduction 

Since the inception of the first fully African American denomination was established in Philadelphia in 1818, churches have played a role in communities as much more than spiritual guidance. These churches have played the role of a home; places where, civic institutions, spaces for education, and sites for the cultivation of individuality and identities in the face of limited or non-existent freedom. In African American Religion : A Very Short Introduction, Eddie Glaude explores and analyzes the history of African American religion throughout the years. Glaude uses three examples: conjure, African American Christianity, and African American Islam. Glaude uses the term “African American religion” to exemplify the struggles African Americans have faced since they were enslaved; African Americans have used religion in response to oppressive conditions including slavery, Jim Crow apartheid, and the pervasive and institutionalized discrimination that exists today. Several of his claims throughout the book lay the framework for his interpretation of the wide diversity of religions that the African American community encompasses.