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- Show Us How You Do It: Marshall Keeble and the Rise of Black Churches of Christ in the United States, 1914-1968
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: The University of Alabama Press
- Series: Religion and American Culture
summary
Marshall Keeble (1878–1968) was the premier evangelist in black Churches of Christ from 1931 until his death in 1968. Born and reared in middle Tennessee, Keeble came under the influence of Preston Taylor, Samuel Womack, and Alexander Campbell, as well as the social influence of Booker T. Washington. In 1914, Keeble committed himself to full-time evangelism and by the 1920s had established himself as a noteworthy preacher. By the time of his death, he reportedly had baptized 40,000 people and had established more than 200 congregations, some of which still flourish today. Show Us How You Do It is the first critical study of Keeble and his evangelical career.
Based on primary sources, Edward Robinson reconstructs the life, public ministry, missionary activities, and the reception of Keeble among Churches of Christ. He also explores Keeble’s relationship with white businessmen and how he secured white support in establishing a large fellowship of African American Churches of Christ in the South. Show Us How You Do It details Keeble’s theology, ethos, and polemics toward other churches. Robinson demonstrates Keeble’s legacy in the labor of his African American co-workers and of the students who attended Nashville Christian Institute.
Of the approximately 2.5 million members of the Churches of Christ in the U.S., an estimated 10 percent are African-Americans, and many in this fellowship can trace their affiliation to Keeble and to those whom he trained.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- Introduction
- pp. 1-8
- PART I: THE MAKING OF A BLACK EVANGELIST
- PART II: THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE AND THE THEOLOGICAL FORMATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CHURCHES OF CHRIST
- PART III: THE PARADOX OF WHITE RACISM AND WHITE PHILANTHROPY IN CHURCHES OF CHRIST
- PART IV: THE LEGACY OF MARSHALL KEEBLE
- 9. Marshall Keeble’s Sons
- pp. 137-154
- 10. Marshall Keeble’s Grandsons
- pp. 155-172
- Epilogue: The Church Marshall Keeble Made
- pp. 173-177
- Appendix I: A Chronology of Marshall Keeble
- pp. 179-180
- Bibliography
- pp. 227-234
Additional Information
ISBN
9780817380601
Related ISBN(s)
9780817316129, 9780817358389
MARC Record
OCLC
427564220
Pages
252
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2008