THEME: Otherworldliness/Emotionalism Flashcards

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Who wrote “The Religion of the American Negro”?

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W. E. B. DuBois

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According to “The Religion of the American Negro”, what is the effect of early Negro Slave Christianity?

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Early Christianity embodied doctrines of passive submission

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Who wrote “The Negro Church” (1903)?

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W. E. B. DuBois

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According to “The Negro Church” (1903), what was the result of slavery in the Illinois church?

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The Negro Church emphasised the emotional side of mentality and the future life

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Who wrote “The Afro-American Pulpit in relation to Race Elevation”?

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Francis Grimke

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In “The Afro-American Pulpit in relation to Race Elevation”, what is one of the three characteristics of the ministry?

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Emotionalism

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Who wrote “Fifty Years of Religious Progress”?

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Levi Coppin

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In “Fifty Years of Religious Progress”, what led to emotionalism?

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Absence of doctrine and discipline in the slave chruch

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According to “Fifty Years of Religious Progress’, what is becoming a relic of the past?

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Intense emotionalism

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Who wrote “Black Religion in the Post-Reconstruction South”?

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William Wells Brown

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In “Black Religion in the Post-Reconstruction South”, what is hard to erase from the Southern Negro?

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The idea that outward demonstrations are not necessary adjuncts to piety

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Who wrote “Of the Faith of the Fathers”?

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W. E. B. DuBois

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In “Of the Faith of the Fathers”, what are 2/3rds of the Negro religion?

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Music and Frenzy (Preacher the other third)

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In “Of the Faith of the Fathers”, what is necessary for true communion with the invisible?

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Visible manifestation of the God

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Who gave “Report of the Work of Baptist Women”?

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Nannie Burroughs

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What is the problem with preachers, in “Report of the Work of Baptist Women”?

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Preached too much heaven and too little practical Christian living

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17
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What are very important in “Letters on the Second Exodus”?

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Revivals

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Who wrote “Effects of Urbanization”?

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Lacy KirkWilliams

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In “Effects of Urbanization”, on what is there too much focus on in Negro churches?

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Heaven

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According to “Effects of Urbanization”, what are churches houses only suitable for?

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Paying, praying, and preaching

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Who gave the “Address on the Great Migration”?

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The African Methodist Episcopal Council of Bishops

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In “Address on the Great Migration”, what should not be neglected?

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The Kingdom of God: Age is full of Scepticism

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Who wrote “Things of the Spirit”?

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Carter Woodson

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In “Things of the Spirit”, what is the difference between the urban and rural Church?

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The urban church engaged in social action, the rural church focused on the spiritual

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What are very important in “Letters on the Second Exodus”?

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Revivals

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Who wrote “Effects of Urbanization”?

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Lacy KirkWilliams

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In “Effects of Urbanization”, on what is there too much focus on in Negro churches?

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Heaven

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According to “Effects of Urbanization”, what are churches houses only suitable for?

A

Paying, praying, and preaching

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Who gave the “Address on the Great Migration”?

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The African Methodist Episcopal Council of Bishops

30
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In “Address on the Great Migration”, what should not be neglected?

A

The Kingdom of God: Age is full of Scepticism

31
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Who wrote “Things of the Spirit”?

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Carter Woodson

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According to “Things of the Spirit”, why do revivals need to happen every year?

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People are “hell-scared”, but loose their religion quickly

33
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Who wrote “The Defects of the Negro Church”?

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Orishatukeh Faduma

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What does “The Power of the Negro Church” call on preachers to do?

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Pay less attention to what St. Paul said and did, and more on what is currently being done and said

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In “The Defects of the Negro Church”, what is the problem with the laity?

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Too much emphasis on emotion, too little on duty

36
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Who wrote “The Negro Spiritual Speaks of Life and Death”?

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Howard Thurman

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In “The Negro Spiritual Speaks of Life and Death”, what is a misconception of otherworldly emphasis?

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That it is purely a mechanism of escape and sheer retreat

38
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Who wrote “The Negro’s Church” (1933)

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Benjamin Mays & Joseph Nicholson

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In “The Negro’s Church” (1933), which Negro preachers were supported by whites?

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Those who preached about heaven, who told Negroes to be honest and obedient, and that by and by God would straighten things out

40
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Who wrote “The Power of the Negro Church’?

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James Weldon Johnson

41
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Who wrote “After Freedom”?

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Hortense Powdermaker

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In “After Freedom”, what happens at revivals?

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People “Get Religion”

43
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Who wrote “An American Dilemma”?

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Gunnar Myrdal

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According to “An American Dilemma”, where were Negro hopes fixed?

A

On the after world

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In “An American Dilemma”, in what way did the Negro Church differ from the lower class white Protestant Church?

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Emotionalism

46
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In “American Dilemma”, what is the other-worldly outlook an expression of?

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Political fatalism

47
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Who wrote “Black Pastures”?

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William Lloyd Imes

48
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In “Black Pastures”, what opinion does the modern world have for the other-worldly view?

A

Thinks it has little use for it

49
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Who wrote “The Negro & Non-Resistance”?

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E. Franklin Frazier

50
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Who wrote “Social Work and Influence of the Negro Church”?

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R. R. Wright Jr.

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What is one of the chief obstacles in “Social Work and Influence of the Negro Church”?

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Emotional, and connected more with heaven and hell than with earth and daily life

52
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Who wrote “Black America Begins to Doubt”?

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George S. Schuyler

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In “Black America Begins to Doubt”, what is the chief program of the rural Negro Church?

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Shouting, moaning, and preying on the fears of the ignorant

54
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Who wrote “Self-Government in the New World”?

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Wallace Muhammad

55
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In “Self-Government in the New World”, what is the problem with spiritual teachings?

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People are ignoring the physical world as they are too wrapped up in the Bible

56
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In “Darrow’s Speech Divides Harlem”, who does Darrow say the Negro can’t depend on?

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Daniel and the Lord: need to get busy themselves

57
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Who wrote “Things Nobody Believes”?

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William Pickens

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In “Things Nobody Believes”, who does Pickens call an idiot?

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A man who believes anything simply because somebody believed it 2/3 thousand years ago

59
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Who wrote “Negro Folk Expressions”?

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Sterling Brown

60
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What is “The God of an Eternal Penitentiary” an attack on?

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The hell of Orthodox churches and that God

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Who wrote “Who is Friend of Negro: God or Darrow?”?

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Rev. A. Wendell Ross

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In “Who is Friend of Negro: God or Darrow?”, what has the church done?

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Led the protest against materialism and soul-suicide

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Who wrote “Treatise on the Gods”?

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H. L. Mencken

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In “Treatise on the Gods”, what did ancient people not trouble with?

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The state of their souls after death

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In “Negro Folk Expressions”, what did secular slave songs mock?

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Otherworldiness