New Day Begun presents the findings of the first major research project on black churches’ civic involvement since C. Eric Lincoln and Lawrence H. Mamiya’s landmark study
The Black Church in the African American Experience. Since the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act, the scale and scope of African American churches’ civic involvement have changed significantly: the number of African American clergy serving in elective and appointive offices has noticeably increased, as have joint efforts by black churches and government agencies to implement policies and programs. Filling a vacuum in knowledge about these important developments,
New Day Begun assesses the social, political, and ecclesiastical factors that have shaped black church responses to American civic and political life since the Civil Rights movement.
This collection of essays analyzes the results of an unprecedented survey of nearly 2,000 African American churches across the country conducted by The Public Influences of African-American Churches Project, which is based at Morehouse College in Atlanta. These essays—by political scientists, theologians, ethicists, and others—draw on the survey findings to analyze the social, historical, and institutional contexts of black church activism and to consider the theological and moral imperatives that have shaped black church approaches to civic life—including black civil re
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Introduction: Black Churches Within a Changing Civic Culture in America. R.Drew Smith
Introduction: Black Churches Within a Changing Civic Culture in America. R.Drew Smith
Introduction: Black Churches Within a Changing Civic Culture in America. R.Drew Smith
PART I. Institutional Characteristics, Historical Contexts, and Black Church Civic Involvements
PART I. Institutional Characteristics, Historical Contexts, and Black Church Civic Involvements
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
1. Revisiting the "All-Comprehending Institution":Historical Reflections on the Public Roles of Black Churches. Lewis Baldwin
1. Revisiting the "All-Comprehending Institution":Historical Reflections on the Public Roles of Black Churches. Lewis Baldwin
2. What a Fellowship: Civil Society, African American Churches, and Public Life. Allison Calhoun-Brown
2. What a Fellowship: Civil Society, African American Churches, and Public Life. Allison Calhoun-Brown
2. What a Fellowship: Civil Society, African American Churches, and Public Life. Allison Calhoun-Brown
3. System Confidence, Congregational Characteristics, and Black Church Civic Engagement. R. Drew Smith and Corwin Smidt
3. System Confidence, Congregational Characteristics, and Black Church Civic Engagement. R. Drew Smith and Corwin Smidt
3. System Confidence, Congregational Characteristics, and Black Church Civic Engagement. R. Drew Smith and Corwin Smidt
PART II. Black Churches and Normative Assessments of the American Political Context
PART II. Black Churches and Normative Assessments of the American Political Context
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
4. "To Form a More Perfect Union": African Americans and American Civil Religion. David Howard-Pitney
4. "To Form a More Perfect Union": African Americans and American Civil Religion. David Howard-Pitney
5. Recognition, Respectability, and Loyalty: Black Churches and the Quest for Civility. Walter Earl Fluker
5. Recognition, Respectability, and Loyalty: Black Churches and the Quest for Civility. Walter Earl Fluker
5. Recognition, Respectability, and Loyalty: Black Churches and the Quest for Civility. Walter Earl Fluker
6. No Respect of Persons? Religion, Churches, and Gender Issues in the African American Community. Allison Calhoun-Brown
6. No Respect of Persons? Religion, Churches, and Gender Issues in the African American Community. Allison Calhoun-Brown
6. No Respect of Persons? Religion, Churches, and Gender Issues in the African American Community. Allison Calhoun-Brown
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
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
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
8. Blyden’s Ghost: African American Christianity and Racial Republicanism. C.R.D. Halisi
8. Blyden’s Ghost: African American Christianity and Racial Republicanism. C.R.D. Halisi
8. Blyden’s Ghost: African American Christianity and Racial Republicanism. C.R.D. Halisi
PART III. Black Churches and "Faith-Based Initiatives"
PART III. Black Churches and "Faith-Based Initiatives"
PART III. Black Churches and "Faith-Based Initiatives"
9. Doing Something in Jesus’ Name: Black Churches and Community Development Corporations. Michael Leo Owens
9. Doing Something in Jesus’ Name: Black Churches and Community Development Corporations. Michael Leo Owens
9. Doing Something in Jesus’ Name: Black Churches and Community Development Corporations. Michael Leo Owens
10. Faith-Based Initiatives and the Constitution: Black Churches, Government, and Social Services Delivery. David Ryden
10. Faith-Based Initiatives and the Constitution: Black Churches, Government, and Social Services Delivery. David Ryden
10. Faith-Based Initiatives and the Constitution: Black Churches, Government, and Social Services Delivery. David Ryden
11. On Seducing the Samaritan: The Problematic of Government Aid to Faith-Based Groups. Samuel K. Roberts
11. On Seducing the Samaritan: The Problematic of Government Aid to Faith-Based Groups. Samuel K. Roberts
11. On Seducing the Samaritan: The Problematic of Government Aid to Faith-Based Groups. Samuel K. Roberts
New Day Begun
：African American Churches and Civic Culture in Post-Civil Rights America
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