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Building Beloved Communities : The Life and Work of Rev. Dr. Paul Smith
Title
Building Beloved Communities : The Life and Work of Rev. Dr. Paul Smith / Hildi Hendrickson.
ISBN
9780820359625
9780820359618
Publication
Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2021]
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2022
Copyright Notice Date
©[2021]
Physical Description
1 online resource.
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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.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 17, 2023
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of Photographs
Author's Note
Chapter 1. Answering Dr. King's Call
Chapter 2. On Granny's Porch
Chapter 3. Riding the Hummingbird into the Fire
Chapter 4. First Rites
Chapter 5. Urban Alliances
Chapter 6. Prophets of Multiracial Christianity
Chapter 7. Black Employment, Black Theology, and Black Power
Chapter 8. Undermining Everything That Separates
Chapter 9. Listening for the Sound of the Genuine
Chapter 10. Building a Beloved Community, 1986-2006
Chapter 11. Speaking Truth to Power
Chapter 12. Legacy
Chapter 13. Black Lives Matter
Chapter 14. Sacramental Moments
Postlude
Acknowledgments
Note on the Sources
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Subjects
Genre/Form
Biographies.
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