The Negro's God as Reflected in His Literature
Title | The Negro's God as Reflected in His Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin Elijah Mays |
Publisher | |
Pages | 269 |
Release | 1938 |
Genre | African Americans |
ISBN |
The Negro's God
Title | The Negro's God PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin E. Mays |
Publisher | Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Pages | 278 |
Release | 2010-10-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1725228637 |
"The ideas of God in Negro literature are developed along three principal lines: (1) Ideas of God that are used to support or give adherence to traditional, compensatory patterns; (2) Ideas, whether traditional or otherwise, that are developed and interpreted to support a growing consciousness of social and psychological adjustment needed; (3) Ideas of God that show a tendency or threat to abandon the idea of God as a 'useful instrument' in perfecting social change." From Chapter IX, Summation
The Negro's God, as Reflected in His Literature [by] Benjamin E. Mays
Title | The Negro's God, as Reflected in His Literature [by] Benjamin E. Mays PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin Elijah Mays |
Publisher | |
Pages | 269 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | African Americans |
ISBN |
The Negro's God, as Reflected in His Literature
Title | The Negro's God, as Reflected in His Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin Elijah Mays |
Publisher | |
Pages | 269 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Negro's God
Title | The Negro's God PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin E. Mays |
Publisher | |
Pages | 269 |
Release | 1973 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Negro's God
Title | The Negro's God PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin E. Mays |
Publisher | Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Pages | 279 |
Release | 2010-10-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1608997774 |
The ideas of God in Negro literature are developed along three principal lines: (1) Ideas of God that are used to support or give adherence to traditional, compensatory patterns; (2) Ideas, whether traditional or otherwise, that are developed and interpreted to support a growing consciousness of social and psychological adjustment needed; (3) Ideas of God that show a tendency or threat to abandon the idea of God as a 'useful instrument' in perfecting social change. From Chapter IX, Summation
The Power of Unearned Suffering
Title | The Power of Unearned Suffering PDF eBook |
Author | Mika Edmondson |
Publisher | Lexington Books |
Pages | 251 |
Release | 2016-12-09 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1498537332 |
This book explores the roots and relevance of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s approach to black suffering. King’s conviction that “unearned suffering is redemptive” reflects a nearly 250-year-old tradition in the black church going back to the earliest Negro spirituals. From the bellies of slave ships, the foot of the lynching tree, and the back of segregated buses, black Christians have always maintained the hope that God could “make a way out of no way” and somehow bring good from the evils inflicted on them. As a product of the black church tradition, King inherited this widespread belief, developed it using Protestant liberal concepts, and deployed it throughout the Civil Rights Movement of the 50’s and 60’s as a central pillar of the whole non-violent movement. Recently, critics have maintained that King’s doctrine of redemptive suffering creates a martyr mentality which makes victims passive in the face of their suffering; this book argues against that critique. King’s concept offers real answers to important challenges, and it offers practical hope and guidance for how beleaguered black citizens can faithfully engage their suffering today.