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Building beloved communities : the life and work of Rev. Dr. Paul Smith / Hildi Hendrickson.
Van Pelt Library BX9225.S545 H46 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hendrickson, Hildi, 1961- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Presbyterian Church--Clergy--Biography.
- Presbyterian Church.
- Presbyterian Church--Clergy.
- African American Presbyterians.
- Political participation.
- African American clergy--Political activity.
- African American clergy.
- Race relations--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
- Race relations--Religious aspects.
- African American clergy--Biography.
- African American Presbyterians--Biography.
- Race relations.
- African American Presbyterians--Political activity.
- Smith, Paul, 1935-.
- Smith, Paul.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 274 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "Building Beloved Communities traces the life of Rev. Dr. Paul Smith (b. 1935), an iconoclastic Black minister who has channeled his civil rights work into establishing multi-racial churches in four cities-Buffalo, NY; Atlanta, GA; St. Louis, MO; Brooklyn, NY-over a six-decade career. Following the lead of his mentor, Dr. Howard Thurman (who was also a key influence on Martin Luther King Jr.), Smith has concentrated on building thriving multicultural congregations to create the sorts of communities envisioned by King and others. In 1979, he became the first Black minister of all-white Hillside Presbyterian Church in Decatur, Georgia, making him a unique leader among the 4,000 Presbyterian congregations in the United States. In 1986, he was elected the first African American pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn Heights, New York. Throughout his ministry in various churches, he has consciously moved his congregations toward being explicitly multi-cultural and multi-racial, as well as more politically active and welcoming of LGBTQ communities. Hendrickson examines his pastoral care and his increased work with corporations, colleges, and charitable foundations. Building Beloved Communities details the complicated life of a man dedicated to serving as a bridge between Christianity, community activism, public health institutions, and the business world. Based on archival research, historical analysis, and original interviews with Smith and his colleagues, Hildi Hendrickson offers a critical biography of the preacher and his work from the 1960s to the present"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Answering Dr. King's Call
- ch. 2 On Granny's Porch
- ch. 3 Riding The Hummingbird Into The Fire
- ch. 4 First Rites
- ch. 5 Urban Alliances
- ch. 6 Prophets Of Multiracial Christianity
- ch. 7 Black Employment, Black Theology, And Black Power
- ch. 8 Undermining Everything That Separates
- ch. 9 Listening For The Sound Of The Genuine
- ch. 10 Building A Beloved Community, 1986-2006
- ch. 11 Speaking Truth To Power
- ch. 12 Legacy
- ch. 13 Black Lives Matter
- ch. 14 Sacramental Moments.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9780820359618
- 0820359610
- OCLC:
- 1197850350
- Publisher Number:
- 99988364109
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