Research Catalog

Title

Making the Gospel plain : the writings of Bishop Reverdy C. Ransom / edited by Anthony B. Pinn.

Author

Ransom, Reverdy C. (Reverdy Cassius), 1861-1959.

Publication

Harrisburg, Pa. : Trinity Press International, ©1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

Pinn, Anthony B.

Description

xix, 283 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

"The book focuses on Bishop Reverdy Ransom of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, a historically significant figure whose life and work provide a much fairer view of the richness of black religious life in the second quarter of the twentieth century than has heretofore been available. Making the Gospel Plain is a unique collection of Ransom's writings that are presently out of print or little known." "After outlining Ransom's life and involvements, the book moves into the actual documents: sermons and speeches, articles and editorials, and pamphlets and excerpts from his books. Explanatory notes are included where necessary."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

African American religious thought and life

Uniform Title

African American religious thought and life

Subject

• African Americans > Religion
• African Americans > Civil rights
• African Americans > Civil rights
• African Americans > Religion
• Religion
• Bürgerrecht
• USA
• Schwärze

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

A tribute to Reverdy Cassius Ransom / W.E.B. Du Bois -- Reverdy C. Ransom : the making of an A.M.E. Bishop / David Wills -- Black suffering in the twentieth century / Anthony B. Pinn -- Out of the midnight sky : a thanksgiving address -- Lions by the way -- Deborah and Jael -- Thanksgiving address, 1904 -- The spirit of John Brown -- Thanksgiving sermon : the American tower of Babel; or, The confusion of tongues -- Charles Sumner : a plea for the civil and political rights of Negro Americans -- Wendell Phillips : centennial oration -- The National Republican Convention -- Crispus Attucks, a Negro, the first to die for American independence : an address -- The church that shall survive -- Emancipation Day address -- The paraclete of God the only hope for brotherhood and peace -- Golden candlesticks shall illuminate darkest Africa -- The sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the A.M.E. Church in West Africa -- The Negro and socialism -- A program for the Negro -- The institutional church -- Paul Cuffe -- The mission of the religious press -- The coming vision -- Daniel Alexander Payne, the prophet of an era -- Paul Laurence Dunbar -- The Reno prizefight -- Lynching and American public opinion -- The Negro church -- The future of the Negro in the United States -- The institutional church and social settlement -- "Moral and religious influences" and "Literary societies."

ISBN

• 1563382644
• 9781563382642

LCCN

99013076

OCLC

• ocm40964681
• 40964681
• SCSB-1274017

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library