Download or read book Texas African American Baptists written by Marvin C. Griffin and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pluck this Thorn from Our Collective Sides written by David J. Cameron and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The intersection of race and religion is still underemphasized in the historical literature on Texas and the Southwest. Historians who study social and race issues in Texas through the lens of religion rarely examine the dynamic of relations between Anglos and African Americans alongside relations between Anglos and Hispanics. This thesis suggests that religion, specifically the Baptist denomination, played an important role in the formation and realization of social movements that valued social justice and racial equality in Texas. After placing the intersection of race and religion in Texas in a wider context of southern, western, religious, and social histories, this thesis explores how the Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT) employed progressive and collaborative efforts to create, mend, and improve relationships with African Americans and Mexican Americans in Texas from the mid-1940s through the 1970s. The majority of leaders within the BGCT either remained silent on the issue of race relations or openly endorsed the status quo of racial hierarchy in churches and neighboring communities. However, the equal rights movements of African Americans and Mexican Americans that began in the wake of the Great Depression and World War II forced the BGCT to work alongside rather than above the Mexican Baptist Convention of Texas, Mexican American and African American Baptist members and their churches. A comprehensive assessment of the BGCT's efforts with Mexican Americans and African Americans in Texas illuminates the hitherto overlooked influence of the Baptist church in movements that sought social and racial equality in Texas.
Download or read book Black Churches in Texas written by Clyde McQueen and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, the author catalogues 375 black congregations, each at least one hundred years old, in the parts of Texas where most blacks were likely to have settled -- east of Interstate Highway 35 and from the Red River to the Gulf of Mexico. Ninety-nine counties are divided into five regions: Central Texas, East Texas, the Gulf Coast, North Texas, and South Texas.
Download or read book Religion and Womanism in the Lives of Central Texas African American Baptist Women written by Deidra Rochelle Turner and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of Black Baptists written by Leroy Fitts and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 1985 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive study of African-American Baptist history and the key role played in the development of Christianity in America.
Download or read book Black Texans written by Alwyn Barr and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: discusses each period of African-American history in terms of politics, violence, and legal status; labor and economic status; education; and social life. Black Texans includes the history of the buffalo soldiers and the cowboys on Texas cattle drives, along with the achievements of notable African-American individuals in Texas history, from Estevan the explorer through legislator Norris Wright Cuney and boxer Jack Johnson to state senator Barbara Jordan. Barr carries.
Download or read book Removing the Stain of Racism from the Southern Baptist Convention written by Kevin Jones and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has a historical stain. The SBC once affirmed slavery and openly opposed and condemned abolitionists. Even though the convention repented of this sin publicly, a profound divide between the white majority and the black and brown minority still exists for many churches. This stain is more than historical fact; it prohibits Southern Baptist churches from embracing the one new man in Christ promised in Ephesians 2:11–22 and from participating in the new song of the saints from every tongue, tribe, people, and nation in Revelation 5:9. The glorious gospel of Jesus Christ commands all his followers to do our part in removing racism from our midst. Removing the Stain of Racism from the Southern Baptist Convention is a powerful and practical call to sacrifice, humility, and perseverance—along with a relentless commitment to Christian unity—for the sake of the gospel and our brothers and sisters in Christ.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of African American Education written by Kofi Lomotey and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2010 with total page 1153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of African American Education covers educational institutions at every level, from preschool through graduate and professional training, with special attention to historically black and predominantly black colleges and universities. Other entries cover individuals, organizations, associations, and publications that have had a significant impact on African American education. The Encyclopedia also presents information on public policy affecting the education of African Americans, including both court decisions and legislation. It includes a discussion of curriculum, concepts, theories, and alternative models of education, and addresses the topics of gender and sexual orientation, religion, and the media. The Encyclopedia also includes a Reader's Guide, provided to help readers find entries on related topics. It classifies entries in sixteen categories: " Alternative Educational Models " Associations and Organizations " Biographies " Collegiate Education " Curriculum " Economics " Gender " Graduate and Professional Education " Historically Black Colleges and Universities " Legal Cases " Pre-Collegiate Education " Psychology and Human Development " Public Policy " Publications " Religious Institutions " Segregation/Desegregation. Some entries appear in more than one category. This two-volume reference work will be an invaluable resource not only for educators and students but for all readers who seek an understanding of African American education both historically and in the 21st century.
Download or read book Under Their Own Vine and Fig Tree The African American Church in the South 1865 1900 written by William E. Montgomery and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Texas Historical African American Markers written by Priscilla T Graham and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-11-02 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Texas Historical Markers documenting key African American buildings, businesses, cemeteries, churches, communities, schools, social organizations throughout Harris County.
Download or read book Old Ship of Zion written by the late Walter F. Pitts and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1996-10-24 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book retraces the African origins of African-American forms of worship. During a five-year period in the field, Pitts played the piano at and recorded numerous worship services in black Baptist churches throughout rural Texas. His historical comparisons and linguistic analyses of this material uncover striking parallels between "Afro-Baptist" services and the religious rituals of Western and Central Africa, as well as other African-derived rituals in the United States Sea Islands, the Caribbean, and Brazil. Pitts demonstrates that African and African-American worship share an underlying binary ritual frame: the somber melancholy of the first frame and the high emotion of the second frame. Pitts's revealing perspective on this often misunderstood aspect of African-American religion provides an investigative model for the study of diaspora cultural practices and the residual influence of their African sources.
Download or read book Negro Baptist History U S A written by Lewis Garnett Jordan and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book New Hope written by Nicholas Yeakley and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation examines the relationship between religion and race during the era of the American Civil War by tracing the story of New Hope Baptist Church of Waco, Texas. This African American Baptist church originally formed as a separate service of First Baptist Church of Waco in the decade before the Civil War, grew within this context despite adversity, and eventually separated to create an independent congregation in the wake of the Civil War. The research demonstrates that, in contrast to much of the literature that discusses the development of African American religion, at least some development of the "Black Church" took place within white dominated churches. Despite the general understanding of the era, study of First Baptist Church reveals that the idea that enslaved African Americans only began to gain some religious autonomy after emancipation is not true in all southern churches. Additionally, the story of New Hope also shows that although national events effect society, local action is essential in making societal progress and that well-meaning people can move forward even amid extreme adversity.
Download or read book The African American Experience in Texas written by Bruce A. Glasrud and published by Texas Tech University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The African American Experience in Texas collects for the first time the finest historical research and writing on African Americans in Texas. Covering the time period between 1820 and the late 1970s, the selections highlight the significant role that black Texans played in the development of the state. Topics include politics, slavery, religion, military experience, segregation and discrimination, civil rights, women, education, and recreation. This anthology provides new insights into a previously neglected part of American history and is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of black Texans.
Download or read book A History of the Negro Baptists of North Carolina written by J. A. Whitted and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Baptists and the Holy Spirit written by C. Douglas Weaver and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The record is clear that Baptists, historically, have prioritized conversion, Jesus, and God. Equally clear is that Baptists have never known what to do with the Holy Spirit. In Baptists and the Holy Spirit, Baptist historian C. Douglas Weaver traces the way Baptists have engaged--and, at times, embraced--the Holiness, Pentecostal, and charismatic movements. Chronicling the interactions between Baptists and these Spirit-filled movements reveals the historical context for the development of Baptists' theology of the Spirit. Baptists and the Holy Spirit provides the first in-depth interpretation of Baptist involvement with the Holiness, Pentecostal, and charismatic movements that have found a prominent place in America's religious landscape. Weaver reads these traditions through the nuanced lens of Baptist identity, as well as the frames of gender, race, and class. He shows that, while most Baptists reacted against all three Spirit-focused groups, each movement flourished among a Baptist minority who were attracted by the post-conversion experience of the "baptism of the Holy Spirit." Weaver also explores the overlap between Baptist and Pentecostal efforts to restore and embody the practices and experiences of the New Testament church. The diversity of Baptists--Southern Baptist, American Baptist, African American Baptist--leads to an equally diverse understanding of the Spirit. Even those who strongly opposed charismatic expressions of the Spirit still acknowledged a connection between the Holy Spirit and a holy life. If, historically, Baptists were suspicious of Roman Catholics' ecclesial hierarchy, then Baptists were equally wary of free church pneumatology. However, as Weaver shows, Baptist interactions with the Holiness, Pentecostal, and charismatic movements and their vibrant experience with the Spirit were key in shaping Baptist identity and theology.
Download or read book A History of Texas Baptists written by James Milton Carroll and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 1138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
