Making the Gospel Plain: The Writings of Bishop Reverdy C. RansomBishop Reverdy Ransom of the African Methodist Episcopal Church is a historically significant figure whose life and work provide a much fairer view of the richness of black religious life in the second quarter of the twentieth century than has heretofore been available. Making the Gospel Plain is a unique collection of Ransom's writings that are presently out of print or little known writings that feature the issues he addressed and the context and perspective from which he worked. After an introductory essay outlining Ransom's life and involvements, the volume moves into the actual documents: sermons and speeches, articles and editorials, and pamphlets and excerpts from his books. Explanatory footnotes are included where deemed necessary. A selected bibliography of relevant books and articles by Reverdy Ransom concludes this work. Anthony B. Pinn is Assistant Professor of Religion at Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota and the author of Why Lord? Suffering and Evil in Black Theology (1995) and Varieties of African American Religious Experience (1998). |
Contents
Editors Introduction | 1 |
Black Suffering in the Twentieth Century | 44 |
Part | 57 |
Lions by the | 67 |
Deborah and Jael | 75 |
Thanksgiving Address 1904 | 85 |
The American Tower of Babel | 102 |
A Plea for the Civil and Political Rights | 112 |
The Sixtieth Anniversary of the Founding of | 176 |
The Negro and Socialism | 183 |
A Program for the Negro | 190 |
The Institutional Church | 198 |
The Mission of the Religious Press | 208 |
The Coming Vision | 215 |
Daniel Alexander Payne the Prophet of an Era | 222 |
Part Three | 229 |
Centennial Oration | 123 |
Robert G Ingersoll | 135 |
Crispus Attucks a Negro the First to | 145 |
The Church That Shall Survive | 152 |
Emancipation Day Address | 161 |
Golden Candlesticks Shall Illuminate Darkest Africa | 170 |
Lynching and American Public Opinion | 236 |
The Future of the Negro in the United States | 246 |
The Institutional Church and Social Settlement | 253 |
Selected Bibliography | 267 |
Index | 275 |
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