Race and Religion in Mid-nineteenth Century America, 1850-1877

Race and Religion in Mid-nineteenth Century America, 1850-1877
Author: Joseph R. Washington
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Total Pages: 310
Release: 1988
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780889466838

This study focuses on Protestant philanthropic agencies - Calvinist conservatives and social liberals - as competing colour-conscious clerical classes of charioteers driving chariots of charity... behind the Cotton Curtain.

The Harvard Guide to African-American History

The Harvard Guide to African-American History
Author: Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 968
Release: 2001
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780674002760

Compiles information and interpretations on the past 500 years of African American history, containing essays on historical research aids, bibliographies, resources for womens' issues, and an accompanying CD-ROM providing bibliographical entries.

Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Image of God

Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Image of God
Author: Richard W. Wills
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2009-05-14
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0195308999

Examines how imago Dei, the Christian belief that all people are made in God's image, influenced Martin Luther King Jr. and affected his civil rights work.

Black Theology and Ideology

Black Theology and Ideology
Author: Harry H. Singleton, III
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2020-10-20
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0814688209

Combining the theological methods of Juan Luis Segundo and James H. Cone, Harry Singleton sheds new light on the impact of race on the origin and development of theology in America. In Black Theology and Ideology Singleton appropriates Segundo's method of deideologization to argue that relevant theological reflection must expose religio-political ideologies that justify human oppression in the name of God as a distortion of the gospel and counter them with new theological presuppositions rooted in liberation. Singleton then contextualizes Segundo's method by offering the theology of James Cone as the most viable example of such a theological perspective in America. Chapters are The Black Experience and the Emergence of Ideological Suspicion," "The Western Intellectual Tradition and Ideological Suspicion," "Hermeneutical Methodology and the Emergence of Exegetical Suspicion," "A New Hermeneutic," and "The Case for Indigenous Deideologization." Harry H. Singleton, III, Ph.D., is assistant professor of comparative religions and African American religion in the religion/philosophy department at Benedict College, Columbia, South Carolina. "

Encyclopedia of African American Religions

Encyclopedia of African American Religions
Author: Larry G. Murphy
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1005
Release: 2013-11-20
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1135513384

Preceded by three introductory essays and a chronology of major events in black religious history from 1618 to 1991, this A-Z encyclopedia includes three types of entries: * Biographical sketches of 773 African American religious leaders * 341 entries on African American denominations and religious organizations (including white churches with significant black memberships and educational institutions) * Topical articles on important aspects of African American religious life (e.g., African American Christians during the Colonial Era, Music in the African American Church)

The Holy Spirit in American Protestant Thought, 1750-1850

The Holy Spirit in American Protestant Thought, 1750-1850
Author: Bruce M. Stephens
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1993
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

The unique emphasis upon the Spirit in American Protestant theology in the century of theological debate following Jonathan Edwards is the focus of this study. It traces the contours of one of the dominant ideas in American Protestant preaching from Jonathan Edwards to Horace Bushnell. The experience of the work of the Spirit in the regeneration of both the self and society, and the corresponding prominence of the Spirit as the agent of change in American religious life and thought receives detailed attention, with the conviction that such a study will contribute to a richer understanding of American religion and culture. [SAR 59*] $79.95 164pp. 1993

The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Race in American History

The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Race in American History
Author: Kathryn Gin Lum
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 641
Release: 2018-03-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0190856890

The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Race in American History brings together a number of established scholars, as well as younger scholars on the rise, to provide a scholarly overview for those interested in the role of religion and race in American history. Thirty-four scholars from the fields of History, Religious Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, and more investigate the complex interdependencies of religion and race from pre-Columbian origins to the present. The volume addresses the religious experience, social realities, theologies, and sociologies of racialized groups in American religious history, as well as the ways that religious myths, institutions, and practices contributed to their racialization. Part One begins with a broad introductory survey outlining some of the major terms and explaining the intersections of race and religions in various traditions and cultures across time. Part Two provides chronologically arranged accounts of specific historical periods that follow a narrative of religion and race through four-plus centuries. Taken together, The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Race in American History provides a reliable scholarly text and resource to summarize and guide work in this subject, and to help make sense of contemporary issues and dilemmas.