by Bob | Jan 20, 2007 | African American, African American Soul Care, Beyond the Suffering, Spiritual Direction, Sufferology
Here’s the ThingI just returned from the wonderful experience of engaging two-dozen graduate students in a week-long course on the history of soul care. One-third of that course focused on the history of African American soul care. Here’s the thing . . ....
by Bob | Jan 15, 2007 | Absalom Jones, African American, Black Church History
Founding Fathers, Part II[1]Over 100 years before the historic I Have a Dream speech of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., African Americans were preaching Dream messages. Reverend Absalom Jones’ Thanksgiving Sermon, is a tremendous example.Rev. Jones chose as his text,...
by Bob | Jan 14, 2007 | African American, Black Church, Daniel Alexander Payne
Founding Fathers, Part I[i]Historians of American history frequently emphasize our “founding fathers.” Politically speaking, they highlight white males like George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Paine, and James Madison....
by Bob | Dec 7, 2006 | African American, Biblical Counseling, Soul Care, Spiritual Direction, Women's Studies
A Voice for the VoicelessWhen people learn that I, a white male, have authored a book on the history of African American soul care (Beyond the Suffering)and that I am now working on a book on the history of women’s soul care (Sacred Friendships), they look at me...
