The social teachings of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. since 1961: a critical analysis of the least, the lost, and the left-out

Indroduction -- The problem -- Methodology of research -- The need for this study -- The Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. : reading the voices -- PNBC annual meetings: reading significant liberative voices on race and class, 1961-1970 -- PNBC annual meetings: reading significant liberat...

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Main Author: Avant, Albert A. 1958- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: New York [u.a.] Routledge 2004
In:Year: 2004
Series/Journal:Studies in African American history and culture
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Progressiver Nationaler Baptistenbund / Christian social ethics / History 1961-2003
B Progressiver Nationaler Baptistenbund / Christian social ethics
Further subjects:B Sociology, Christian Baptist
B Christian Sociology Baptists
B Progressive National Baptist Convention Doctrines
Online Access: Verlagsangaben (Verlag)
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Summary:Indroduction -- The problem -- Methodology of research -- The need for this study -- The Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. : reading the voices -- PNBC annual meetings: reading significant liberative voices on race and class, 1961-1970 -- PNBC annual meetings: reading significant liberative voices on race and class and hidden transcripts, 1971-1984 -- PNBC annual meetings: reading significant liberative voices on race and class and hidden transcripts since 1985 -- PNBC annual meetings: reading significant liberative voices on gender equality and gender inclusion since 1961 and hidden transcripts within hidden transcripts -- The Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. -- Hearing the voices -- PNBC and convention presidents -- PNBC women and women presidents -- Examining the Progressive National Baptist Convention's motto : Fellowship, progress, peace, service -- Service through missions -- Service through support -- Envisioning service -- Service through advocacy -- Exploring the PNBC as a vehicle for moral agency and social change -- The PNBC's response to God's call--social change through human agency denominational typologies, church mass movements, and the PNBC -- PNBC church typology--established demoninational sect -- PNBC and ecumenism -- PNBC and black theology--radical religious tradition -- The PNBC and the interfaith question -- The PNBC and the moral majority -- PNBC and neo-pentecostalism -- PNBC leadership paradigms -- PNBC self-help and realized eschatology -- Conclusions
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:XIX, 177 S, Ill.
ISBN:0415945178