The African-American church arose in a unique context. History and Theology of the African American Church (CS251) examines that context, taking into account the impact of the Civil War, the African-American missions movement of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the challenges that the African-American church faced in the twentieth century. An encouraging part of the course is seeing how the theology of the African-American church provided the foundation for the civil rights movement. The course concludes with a discussion of current challenges within the African-American church and the need for new models to meet those challenges.
Introduction
Introduction
Introducing the Speaker and the Course
2m
From Africa to America
Africans in Scripture and Early Church History
8m
The African Church under Slavery
5m
The Early American Experience
4m
Theological Development among African-Americans
5m
Life Concerns
8m
Southern Antebellum African-American Theology
5m
Resistance to Oppression
4m
Characteristics of Resistance
6m
The Slaves and Christianity-ism
4m
Central Themes in the African-American Experience
8m
Phases of African-American Church Development
The Peanut Gallery Phase
5m
The Soul Dynamic
6m
The Plantation Phase
3m
Slave Revolts
5m
The Indigenous Phase
6m
Indigenous African-American Churches (Part 1)
6m
Indigenous African-American Churches (Part 2)
6m
Indigenous African-American Churches (Part 3)
4m
Black Missions
Theological and Missional Developments
7m
Divine Significance
4m
Black Missionaries Not from America
3m
America’s First Missionary
2m
Nineteenth-Century African-American Missionaries
4m
African-American Theologians of the Antebellum North (Part 1)
5m
African-American Theologians of the Antebellum North (Part 2)
3m
African-American Theologians of the Antebellum North (Part 3)
6m
Christianity, Commerce, and Civilization
7m
Before and after the Civil War
Events Leading up to the Civil War (Part 1)
6m
Events Leading up to the Civil War (Part 2)
3m
The African-American Church after the Civil War
5m
African-American Church Growth
3m
Economic Development in the African-American Church
3m
The End of Reconstruction in the South
5m
The Industrial Revolution in the North
3m
The Consolidation of Colonialism in Africa
4m
The Marginalization and Expulsion of Black Missionaries
6m
Effects of the Three Great Traumas on the African-American Church
5m
Attempts to Fill the Theological Vacuum
5m
The White Church at the End of the Nineteenth Century
5m
The Twentieth Century
Approaches to Theology
5m
The Window of Theology
3m
Pentecostalism (Part 1)
10m
Pentecostalism (Part 2)
5m
The Diminishing Prophetic Voice of the African-American Church