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The imposing preacher

Bond, Adam,

The imposing preacher Samuel DeWitt Proctor and black public faith / [electronic resource] : Adam L. Bond. - Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2013 Minneapolis [Minnesota] : Fortress Press, [2013] - 1 online resource (1 PDF (xi, 247 pages) :) illustrations

Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-234) and indexes.

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 of transforming American public space.

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.

9781451452242 1451452241


Proctor, Samuel D.


Baptists--Clergy--United States--Biography.
African American Baptists--Clergy--Biography.
African Americans--Religion.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.

BX6455.P76 / B665 2013

286.1092