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Upon This Rock : The Miracles of a Black Church
| | In this widely acclaimed bestseller, the author of <I>Small Victories</I> tackles another explosive issue, this time race in America, by taking an in-depth look at the pastor of a thriving black church in one of New York's most desperate slums. | |
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Democratic Religion: Freedom, Authority, and Church Discipline in the Baptist South, 1785-1900 (Religion in America)
| | No American denomination identified itself more closely with the nation's democratic ideal than the Baptists. Most antebellum southern Baptist churches allowed women and slaves to vote on membership matters and preferred populists preachers who addressed their appeals to the common person. Paradoxically no denomination could wield religious authority as zealously as the Baptists. Between 1785 and 1860 they ritually excommunicated forty to fifty thousand church members in Georgia alone. Wills demonstrates how a denomination of freedom-loving individualists came to embrace an exclusivist spirituality--a spirituality that continues to shape Southern Baptist churches in contemporary conflicts between moderates who urge tolerance and conservatives who require belief in scriptural inerrancy. Wills's analysis advances our understanding of the interaction between democracy and religious authority, and will appeal to scholars of American religion, culture, and history, as well as to Baptist observers. | |
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Seeking a Sanctuary: Seventh-day Adventism and the American Dream
| | One of the most successful of America's indigenous religious groups, the Adventist church has remained largely invisible. The completely revised second edition of "Seeking a Sanctuary" casts light on this marginal religion through its socio-historical context and discusses several Adventist figures that shaped the perception of this Christian sect. Malcolm Bull is a Fellow of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford. His publications on apocalypticism include "Seeing Things Hidden" and (editor) "Apocalypse Theory", contributions to numerous academic journals, and reviews in the "Times Literary Supplement" and "London Review of Books". Keith Lockhart is a London-based journalist who has worked for "The Observer", "The Independent", and the Press Association. He was a one-time teacher at a Seventh-day Adventist college and several of his former students were involved in the Waco siege. | |
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My Soul's Been Anchored
| | Warm-hearted and inspirational stories about life, people, and ministry are collected here from a gifted storyteller and African-American pastor. | |
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Singing in a Strange Land: C. L. Franklin, the Black Church, and the Transformation of America
| | Nick Salvatore's "Singing in a Strange Land" tells the story of C. L. Franklin (1915-1984), one of the greatest black preachers in American history. The father of Aretha Franklin, C. L. was a spellbinding preacher who channeled his charisma into his gospel music and compelling sermons which spoke through faith to the personal and social problems rural African Americans encountered in their migration north. Stressing unity between the sacred and the profane allowed him to embrace all aspects of African American culture, and jazz, blues, and gospel performers mingled in his Detroit home. Franklin also embraced the night life that surrounded his musician friends, even as he served on the Executive Board of the Southern Christian Leadership Council and organized the 1963 "Walk Toward Freedom" march with his close friend, Martin Luther King, Jr.In June of 1979, Franklin was shot during a robbery of his home, and died five years later. Over 10,000 people attended his funeral at the Detroit church he made famous, the New Bethel Baptist Church. Nick Salvatore spent over eight years doing research and conducting interviews to present Franklin's biography in amazing detail. "Singing in a Strange Land" tells the story of black migration and activism, alongside the rise of gospel, blues, and soul music, with a cast of characters including Martin Luther King, Jr., B. B. King, Art Tatum, Coleman Young, Jesse Jackson, Clara Ward, Mahalia Jackson, and many others. | |
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History of the Waldenses
| | The Waldenses hold a special place in our heritage. We must keep the spirit and knowledge of these people alive. Their defense of the faith of Jesus despite persecution and martyrdom is unique in the Christian church. It is fitting that this newly typeset edition of their history should be reprinted to keep alive the spirit and knowledge of this ancient people. | |
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The Substance of Things Hoped For
| | The noted theologian and educator reflects on the role of faith in his own life and in the lives of African-Americans, chronicling his family history from the time during which his grandmother was a slave. | |
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