Author: Gayraud S. Wilmore
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822309260
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Gayraud S. Wilmore is Professor of Church History and Afro-American Religious Studies at The Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia. He has published numerous articles and booksl including Black Witness to the Apostolic Faith, David Shannon, co-ed.; Black and Presbyterian: The Heritage and the Hope; and Last Things First. Professor Wilmore is the recpicient of the Bruce Klunder Award of the Presbyterian Interracial Councils (1969), the Sward of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of Harlem (1971), and various honorary degrees.
African American Religious Studies
Author: Gayraud S. Wilmore
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822309260
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Gayraud S. Wilmore is Professor of Church History and Afro-American Religious Studies at The Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia. He has published numerous articles and booksl including Black Witness to the Apostolic Faith, David Shannon, co-ed.; Black and Presbyterian: The Heritage and the Hope; and Last Things First. Professor Wilmore is the recpicient of the Bruce Klunder Award of the Presbyterian Interracial Councils (1969), the Sward of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of Harlem (1971), and various honorary degrees.
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822309260
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Gayraud S. Wilmore is Professor of Church History and Afro-American Religious Studies at The Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia. He has published numerous articles and booksl including Black Witness to the Apostolic Faith, David Shannon, co-ed.; Black and Presbyterian: The Heritage and the Hope; and Last Things First. Professor Wilmore is the recpicient of the Bruce Klunder Award of the Presbyterian Interracial Councils (1969), the Sward of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of Harlem (1971), and various honorary degrees.
We Ask Only a Fair Trial
Author: Darrel E. Bigham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
"Darrel Bigham's history of the black community of Evansville [is] a first-rate contribution to the literature of black urban history. It thoroughly surveys all aspects of the black community -- economic, social, and political -- and additionaly provides a valuable comparative framaework for the understanding of black occupations and family structure." -- Kenneth L. Kusmer.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
"Darrel Bigham's history of the black community of Evansville [is] a first-rate contribution to the literature of black urban history. It thoroughly surveys all aspects of the black community -- economic, social, and political -- and additionaly provides a valuable comparative framaework for the understanding of black occupations and family structure." -- Kenneth L. Kusmer.
The Beloved Community
Author: Charles Marsh
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0786722193
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
A noted theologian explains how the radical idea of Christian love animated the African American civil rights movement and how it can power today's social justice struggles Speaking to his supporters at the end of the Montgomery bus boycott in 1956, Martin Luther King, Jr., declared that their common goal was not simply the end of segregation as an institution. Rather, "the end is reconciliation, the end is redemption, the end is the creation of the beloved community." King's words reflect the strong religious convictions that motivated the African American civil rights movement. As King and his allies saw it, "Jesus had founded the most revolutionary movement in human history: a movement built on the unconditional love of God for the world and the mandate to live in that love." Through a commitment to this idea of love and to the practice of nonviolence, civil rights leaders sought to transform the social and political realities of twentieth-century America. In The Beloved Community, theologian and award-winning author Charles Marsh traces the history of the spiritual vision that animated the civil rights movement and shows how it remains a vital source of moral energy today. The Beloved Community lays out an exuberant new vision for progressive Christianity and reclaims the centrality of faith in the quest for social justice and authentic community.
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0786722193
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
A noted theologian explains how the radical idea of Christian love animated the African American civil rights movement and how it can power today's social justice struggles Speaking to his supporters at the end of the Montgomery bus boycott in 1956, Martin Luther King, Jr., declared that their common goal was not simply the end of segregation as an institution. Rather, "the end is reconciliation, the end is redemption, the end is the creation of the beloved community." King's words reflect the strong religious convictions that motivated the African American civil rights movement. As King and his allies saw it, "Jesus had founded the most revolutionary movement in human history: a movement built on the unconditional love of God for the world and the mandate to live in that love." Through a commitment to this idea of love and to the practice of nonviolence, civil rights leaders sought to transform the social and political realities of twentieth-century America. In The Beloved Community, theologian and award-winning author Charles Marsh traces the history of the spiritual vision that animated the civil rights movement and shows how it remains a vital source of moral energy today. The Beloved Community lays out an exuberant new vision for progressive Christianity and reclaims the centrality of faith in the quest for social justice and authentic community.
River Jordan
Author: Joe William Trotter
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 9780813109503
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Since the nineteenth century, the Ohio River has represented a great divide for African Americans. It provided a passage to freedom along the underground railroad, and during the industrial age, it was a boundary between the Jim Crow South and the urban North. The Ohio became known as the "River Jordan," symbolizing the path to the promised land. In the urban centers of Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Louisville, and Evansville, blacks faced racial hostility from outside their immediate neighborhoods as well as class, color, and cultural fragmentation among themselves. Yet despite these pressures, African Americans were able to create vibrant new communities as former agricultural workers transformed themselves into a new urban working class. Unlike most studies of black urban life, Trotter's work considers several cities and compares their economic conditions, demographic makeup, and political and cultural conditions. Beginning with the arrival of the first blacks in the Ohio Valley, Trotter traces the development of African American urban centers through the civil rights movement and the developments of recent years.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 9780813109503
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Since the nineteenth century, the Ohio River has represented a great divide for African Americans. It provided a passage to freedom along the underground railroad, and during the industrial age, it was a boundary between the Jim Crow South and the urban North. The Ohio became known as the "River Jordan," symbolizing the path to the promised land. In the urban centers of Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Louisville, and Evansville, blacks faced racial hostility from outside their immediate neighborhoods as well as class, color, and cultural fragmentation among themselves. Yet despite these pressures, African Americans were able to create vibrant new communities as former agricultural workers transformed themselves into a new urban working class. Unlike most studies of black urban life, Trotter's work considers several cities and compares their economic conditions, demographic makeup, and political and cultural conditions. Beginning with the arrival of the first blacks in the Ohio Valley, Trotter traces the development of African American urban centers through the civil rights movement and the developments of recent years.
Up South
Author: Matthew Countryman
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 9780812220025
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Matthew Countryman traces the efforts of two generations of black Philadelphians to turn the City of Brotherly Love into a place of promise and opportunity for all. He explores the origins of civil rights liberalism, the failure to deliver on the promise of racial equality and the rise of the Black Power movement.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 9780812220025
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Matthew Countryman traces the efforts of two generations of black Philadelphians to turn the City of Brotherly Love into a place of promise and opportunity for all. He explores the origins of civil rights liberalism, the failure to deliver on the promise of racial equality and the rise of the Black Power movement.
Pragmatic Spirituality
Author: Gayraud S. Wilmore
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814793959
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A collection of the writings by one of the most influential African American theologians.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814793959
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A collection of the writings by one of the most influential African American theologians.
The Negro Church in America/The Black Church Since Frazier
Author: E. Franklin Frazier
Publisher: Schocken
ISBN: 0805203877
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Frazier's study of the black church and an essay by Lincoln arguing that the civil rights movement saw the splintering of the traditional black church and the creation of new roles for religion.
Publisher: Schocken
ISBN: 0805203877
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Frazier's study of the black church and an essay by Lincoln arguing that the civil rights movement saw the splintering of the traditional black church and the creation of new roles for religion.
God's Long Summer
Author: Charles Marsh
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691029405
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Through five intensely personal and emotional stories, Marsh asks us to consider the civil rights movement anew and to view religion as a powerful yet protean force driving social action.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691029405
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Through five intensely personal and emotional stories, Marsh asks us to consider the civil rights movement anew and to view religion as a powerful yet protean force driving social action.
Black Ecumenism
Author: Mary R. Sawyer
Publisher: Burns & Oates
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
This is a book about the Black Church and about black involvement and participation in ecumenical activities that serve as proponents and agents of change. As such, it stands as a unique contribution to an expanded, comprehensive perspective on an understanding of black experience in America and the Black Church's role in that experience.
Publisher: Burns & Oates
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
This is a book about the Black Church and about black involvement and participation in ecumenical activities that serve as proponents and agents of change. As such, it stands as a unique contribution to an expanded, comprehensive perspective on an understanding of black experience in America and the Black Church's role in that experience.
Key Command
Author: T. K. Kionka
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826265294
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
"From his command post in Cairo, Illinois, Grant led troops to Union victories at Belmont, Fort Henry, and Fort Donelson. Kionka interweaves the story of Grant's military successes and advancement with a social history of Cairo, highlighting the area's economic gains and the contributions of civilian volunteers through first-person accounts"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826265294
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
"From his command post in Cairo, Illinois, Grant led troops to Union victories at Belmont, Fort Henry, and Fort Donelson. Kionka interweaves the story of Grant's military successes and advancement with a social history of Cairo, highlighting the area's economic gains and the contributions of civilian volunteers through first-person accounts"--Provided by publisher.