THEME: Otherworldliness/Emotionalism Flashcards
Who wrote “The Religion of the American Negro”?
W. E. B. DuBois
According to “The Religion of the American Negro”, what is the effect of early Negro Slave Christianity?
Early Christianity embodied doctrines of passive submission
Who wrote “The Negro Church” (1903)?
W. E. B. DuBois
According to “The Negro Church” (1903), what was the result of slavery in the Illinois church?
The Negro Church emphasised the emotional side of mentality and the future life
Who wrote “The Afro-American Pulpit in relation to Race Elevation”?
Francis Grimke
In “The Afro-American Pulpit in relation to Race Elevation”, what is one of the three characteristics of the ministry?
Emotionalism
Who wrote “Fifty Years of Religious Progress”?
Levi Coppin
In “Fifty Years of Religious Progress”, what led to emotionalism?
Absence of doctrine and discipline in the slave chruch
According to “Fifty Years of Religious Progress’, what is becoming a relic of the past?
Intense emotionalism
Who wrote “Black Religion in the Post-Reconstruction South”?
William Wells Brown
In “Black Religion in the Post-Reconstruction South”, what is hard to erase from the Southern Negro?
The idea that outward demonstrations are not necessary adjuncts to piety
Who wrote “Of the Faith of the Fathers”?
W. E. B. DuBois
In “Of the Faith of the Fathers”, what are 2/3rds of the Negro religion?
Music and Frenzy (Preacher the other third)
In “Of the Faith of the Fathers”, what is necessary for true communion with the invisible?
Visible manifestation of the God
Who gave “Report of the Work of Baptist Women”?
Nannie Burroughs
What is the problem with preachers, in “Report of the Work of Baptist Women”?
Preached too much heaven and too little practical Christian living
What are very important in “Letters on the Second Exodus”?
Revivals
Who wrote “Effects of Urbanization”?
Lacy KirkWilliams
In “Effects of Urbanization”, on what is there too much focus on in Negro churches?
Heaven
According to “Effects of Urbanization”, what are churches houses only suitable for?
Paying, praying, and preaching
Who gave the “Address on the Great Migration”?
The African Methodist Episcopal Council of Bishops
In “Address on the Great Migration”, what should not be neglected?
The Kingdom of God: Age is full of Scepticism
Who wrote “Things of the Spirit”?
Carter Woodson
In “Things of the Spirit”, what is the difference between the urban and rural Church?
The urban church engaged in social action, the rural church focused on the spiritual
What are very important in “Letters on the Second Exodus”?
Revivals
Who wrote “Effects of Urbanization”?
Lacy KirkWilliams
In “Effects of Urbanization”, on what is there too much focus on in Negro churches?
Heaven
According to “Effects of Urbanization”, what are churches houses only suitable for?
Paying, praying, and preaching
Who gave the “Address on the Great Migration”?
The African Methodist Episcopal Council of Bishops
In “Address on the Great Migration”, what should not be neglected?
The Kingdom of God: Age is full of Scepticism
Who wrote “Things of the Spirit”?
Carter Woodson
According to “Things of the Spirit”, why do revivals need to happen every year?
People are “hell-scared”, but loose their religion quickly
Who wrote “The Defects of the Negro Church”?
Orishatukeh Faduma
What does “The Power of the Negro Church” call on preachers to do?
Pay less attention to what St. Paul said and did, and more on what is currently being done and said
In “The Defects of the Negro Church”, what is the problem with the laity?
Too much emphasis on emotion, too little on duty
Who wrote “The Negro Spiritual Speaks of Life and Death”?
Howard Thurman
In “The Negro Spiritual Speaks of Life and Death”, what is a misconception of otherworldly emphasis?
That it is purely a mechanism of escape and sheer retreat
Who wrote “The Negro’s Church” (1933)
Benjamin Mays & Joseph Nicholson
In “The Negro’s Church” (1933), which Negro preachers were supported by whites?
Those who preached about heaven, who told Negroes to be honest and obedient, and that by and by God would straighten things out
Who wrote “The Power of the Negro Church’?
James Weldon Johnson
Who wrote “After Freedom”?
Hortense Powdermaker
In “After Freedom”, what happens at revivals?
People “Get Religion”
Who wrote “An American Dilemma”?
Gunnar Myrdal
According to “An American Dilemma”, where were Negro hopes fixed?
On the after world
In “An American Dilemma”, in what way did the Negro Church differ from the lower class white Protestant Church?
Emotionalism
In “American Dilemma”, what is the other-worldly outlook an expression of?
Political fatalism
Who wrote “Black Pastures”?
William Lloyd Imes
In “Black Pastures”, what opinion does the modern world have for the other-worldly view?
Thinks it has little use for it
Who wrote “The Negro & Non-Resistance”?
E. Franklin Frazier
Who wrote “Social Work and Influence of the Negro Church”?
R. R. Wright Jr.
What is one of the chief obstacles in “Social Work and Influence of the Negro Church”?
Emotional, and connected more with heaven and hell than with earth and daily life
Who wrote “Black America Begins to Doubt”?
George S. Schuyler
In “Black America Begins to Doubt”, what is the chief program of the rural Negro Church?
Shouting, moaning, and preying on the fears of the ignorant
Who wrote “Self-Government in the New World”?
Wallace Muhammad
In “Self-Government in the New World”, what is the problem with spiritual teachings?
People are ignoring the physical world as they are too wrapped up in the Bible
In “Darrow’s Speech Divides Harlem”, who does Darrow say the Negro can’t depend on?
Daniel and the Lord: need to get busy themselves
Who wrote “Things Nobody Believes”?
William Pickens
In “Things Nobody Believes”, who does Pickens call an idiot?
A man who believes anything simply because somebody believed it 2/3 thousand years ago
Who wrote “Negro Folk Expressions”?
Sterling Brown
What is “The God of an Eternal Penitentiary” an attack on?
The hell of Orthodox churches and that God
Who wrote “Who is Friend of Negro: God or Darrow?”?
Rev. A. Wendell Ross
In “Who is Friend of Negro: God or Darrow?”, what has the church done?
Led the protest against materialism and soul-suicide
Who wrote “Treatise on the Gods”?
H. L. Mencken
In “Treatise on the Gods”, what did ancient people not trouble with?
The state of their souls after death
In “Negro Folk Expressions”, what did secular slave songs mock?
Otherworldiness
