"This is an excellent collection of essays dealing with the multidimensional relationships between black churches and American politics since the civil rights movement. These fine essays cover a variety of topics from a historical overview of the role of black churches in politics to the issues of civil society, civil religion, gender discrimination, Pentecostalism and politics, community development corporations, and ethical reflections on Charitable Choice. This volume is highly recommended to scholars, clergy, seminarians, and lay leaders who want to keep up with contemporary developments…mehr
"This is an excellent collection of essays dealing with the multidimensional relationships between black churches and American politics since the civil rights movement. These fine essays cover a variety of topics from a historical overview of the role of black churches in politics to the issues of civil society, civil religion, gender discrimination, Pentecostalism and politics, community development corporations, and ethical reflections on Charitable Choice. This volume is highly recommended to scholars, clergy, seminarians, and lay leaders who want to keep up with contemporary developments in black church involvement in politics."--Lawrence H. Mamiya, coauthor of "The Black Church in the African American Experience"
R. Drew Smith is Director of the Public Influences of African-American Churches Project and Scholar-in-Residence at The Leadership Center at Morehouse College in Atlanta. He is an Advisory Board Member for the Institute for the Study of Christianity and Politics at Calvin College and for the Pew Civic Partnership. He has a Ph.D. in political science and a masters degree in divinity from Yale University.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface ix Introduction: Black Churches Within a Changing Civic Culture in America / R. Drew Smith 1 Part I. Institutional Characteristics, Historical Contexts, and Black Church Civic Involvements 1. Revisiting the “All-Comprehending Institution”: Historical Reflections on the Public Roles of Black Churches / Lewis Baldwin 15 2. What a Fellowship: Civil Society, African American Churches, and Public Life / Allison Calhoun-Brown 39 3. System Confidence, Congregational Characteristics, and Black Church Civic Engagement / R. Drew Smith and Corwin Smidt 58 Part II: Black Churches and Normative Assessments of the American Political Context 4. “To Form a More Perfect Union": African Americans and American Civil Religion / David Howard-Pitney 89 5. Recognition, Respectability, and Loyalty: Black Churches and the Quest for Civility / Walter Earl Fluker 113 6. No Respect of Persons? Religion, Churches, and Gender Issues in the African American Community / Allison Calhoun-Brown 142 7. “Doing All the Good We Can": The Political Witness of African American Holiness and Pentecostal Churches in the Post-Civil Rights Era / David D. Daniels III 164 8. Blyden's Ghost: African American Christianity and Racial Republicanism / C. R. D. Halisi 183 Part III. Black Churches and “Faith-Based Initiatives" 9. Doing Something in Jesus' Name: Black Churches and Community Development Corporations / Michael Leo Owens 215 10. Faith-Based Initiatives and the Constitution: Black Churches, Government, and Social Services Delivery / David Ryden 248 11. On Seducing the Samaritan: The Problematic of Government Aid to Faith-Based Groups / Samuel K. Roberts 278 Appendix 293 Contributors 305 Index 307
Preface ix Introduction: Black Churches Within a Changing Civic Culture in America / R. Drew Smith 1 Part I. Institutional Characteristics, Historical Contexts, and Black Church Civic Involvements 1. Revisiting the “All-Comprehending Institution”: Historical Reflections on the Public Roles of Black Churches / Lewis Baldwin 15 2. What a Fellowship: Civil Society, African American Churches, and Public Life / Allison Calhoun-Brown 39 3. System Confidence, Congregational Characteristics, and Black Church Civic Engagement / R. Drew Smith and Corwin Smidt 58 Part II: Black Churches and Normative Assessments of the American Political Context 4. “To Form a More Perfect Union": African Americans and American Civil Religion / David Howard-Pitney 89 5. Recognition, Respectability, and Loyalty: Black Churches and the Quest for Civility / Walter Earl Fluker 113 6. No Respect of Persons? Religion, Churches, and Gender Issues in the African American Community / Allison Calhoun-Brown 142 7. “Doing All the Good We Can": The Political Witness of African American Holiness and Pentecostal Churches in the Post-Civil Rights Era / David D. Daniels III 164 8. Blyden's Ghost: African American Christianity and Racial Republicanism / C. R. D. Halisi 183 Part III. Black Churches and “Faith-Based Initiatives" 9. Doing Something in Jesus' Name: Black Churches and Community Development Corporations / Michael Leo Owens 215 10. Faith-Based Initiatives and the Constitution: Black Churches, Government, and Social Services Delivery / David Ryden 248 11. On Seducing the Samaritan: The Problematic of Government Aid to Faith-Based Groups / Samuel K. Roberts 278 Appendix 293 Contributors 305 Index 307
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