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Hard-Fighting Soldiers - A History of African American Churches of Christ (Hardcover)
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Hard-Fighting Soldiers - A History of African American Churches of Christ (Hardcover)
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In the first full-length scholarly synthesis of the African
American Churches of Christ, Edward J. Robinson provides a
comprehensive look at the church's improbable development against a
backdrop of African American oppression. The journey begins with a
lesser known preacher, F. F. Carson, in many ways a forerunner in
the struggles and triumphs awaiting the preachers and lay people in
the congregations to come. Robinson then builds on scholarship
treating well-known figures, including Marshall Keeble and G. P.
Bowser, to present a wide-ranging history of African American
Churches of Christ from their beginnings-when enslaved people
embraced the nascent Stone-Campbell Christian Movement even though
founder Alexander Campbell himself favored slavery. The author
moves on to examine how the churches grew under the leadership of
S. R. Cassius, even as Jim Crow restrictions put extreme pressure
on organizations of any kind among African Americans. Robinson's
well-researched narrative treats not only the black male leaders of
the church, but also women leaders, such as Annie C. Tuggle, as
well as notable activities of the church, including music,
education, and global evangelism, thus painting a complete picture
of African American Churches of Christ. Through scholarship and
compelling storytelling, Robinson tells the two-hundred-year tale
of how "black believers survived and thrived on the discarded
'scraps' of America, forging their own identity, fashioning their
own lofty ecclesiology and 'hard' theology, and creating their own
papers, lectureships, liturgy, and congregations." A groundbreaking
exploration by a seasoned scholar in American religion,
Hard-Fighting Soldiers is sure to become the standard text for
anyone researching the African American Churches of Christ.
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