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The imposing preacher : Samuel DeWitt Proctor and Black public faith / Adam L. Bond.

Title
The imposing preacher : Samuel DeWitt Proctor and Black public faith / Adam L. Bond.
Author
Bond, Adam,
Publication
  • Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2013]
  • ©2013

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Description
xi, 247 pages : portraits; 23 cm
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
Project Muse UPCC books.
Subject
  • African American Baptists > Clergy > Biography
  • African Americans > Religion
  • Baptists > United States > Clergy > Biography
  • Proctor, Samuel D
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-234) and indexes.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
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.
ISBN
  • 9780800699727 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0800699726 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781451452242 (eBook) (canceled/invalid)
  • 1451452241 (eBook) (canceled/invalid)
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