- Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 247 pages) : portraits.
- Summary
- Samuel DeWitt Proctor's voice is essential to understanding the black social gospel. Proctor brought a black middle class understanding of America to his preaching and had a notion of faith that presented an alternative reality to the pervasive racism in the United States and sought to honor the inherent dignity of all humanity.
- Uniform Title
- Imposing preacher (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Imposing preacher (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-234) and indexes.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Racism and the post-segregation witness of Black public faith -- On the making of a public theologian : Proctor's cultural roots -- On the making of a public faith : Proctor's intellectual roots -- Everybody is God's somebody : a defense of Black humanity -- Preparing public theologians : Black preachers and racial uplift -- Creating a genuine community : a Black Christian vision for transforming American public space.
- LCCN
- 2013454992
- OCLC
- ssj0000971529
- Author
Bond, Adam.
- Title
The imposing preacher [electronic resource] : Samuel DeWitt Proctor and Black public faith / Adam L. Bond.
- Imprint
Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2013]
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-234) and indexes.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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