Without Burnt Offerings: Ceremonies of Humanism

Algernon David Black

Viking Press, 1974 - Social Science - 231 pages

Contents

• NAMING Introduction: 6
• A Child Adopted by a Single Woman: 17
• INITIATION Introduction: 25

About the author

Algernon D. Black was born in 1921 in Manhattan. He was a teacher and the leader emeritus of the New York Society for Ethical Culture. He attended the Ethical Culture School and later went on to Harvard. He took an interest in social issues early in his carer, teaching economics to union officials and working with civil-rights groups. Mr. Black, a liberal social critic, was the Society's foremost elder statesman. He joined its staff in 1923, the year he graduated magna cum laude from Harvard. By 1934, at the age of 34, he was elected a leader, became executive leader in 1943, chairman of the Board of Leaders in 1945 and senior leader 10 years later. Mr. Black was among those most responsible for translating the movement's message into programs to meet the crises of the Depression. And after World War II, he came to be viewed by many as emblematic of that spirit as he spoke out on social issues like equal housing opportunities or health conditions in Harlem. For four decades, he was heard on radio station WQXR in broadcasts of the Society's weekly Sunday meetings. He was the author of many articles and five books, including "The People and the Police: The Story of the Civilian Review Board" (McGraw-Hill, 1968), which was re-issued by Greenwood Press in 1976. He passed away in 2013 from a long illness.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Without Burnt Offerings: Ceremonies of Humanism
• Author: Algernon David Black
• Publisher: Viking Press, 1974
• Original from: the University of California
• Digitized: Dec 19, 2006
• ISBN: 0670776769, 9780670776764
• Length: 231 pages
• Subjects: Social Science / Customs & Traditions