Rate My Professor Eddie Glaude

A leading scholar on religion, race, and democracy, Glaude has authored key publications that explore African American religious thought, black nationalism, and contemporary American politics. These include Exodus! Religion, Race, and Nation in Early Nineteenth-Century Black America (University of Chicago Press, 2000), Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul (Crown, 2016), An Uncommon Faith: A Pragmatic Approach to the Study of African American Religion (University of Georgia Press, 2018), the New York Times bestselling Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own (Crown, 2020), African American Religion: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2014), and We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For (Harvard University Press, 2024). Glaude actively engages in public lectures and conversations, including events on Black History Month, James Baldwin, Malcolm X, race, history, and memory in the context of the United States’ 250th year. As a passionate educator, author, and public intellectual, he examines the complex dynamics of the American experience through rigorous scholarship.