Show Us How You Do It : Marshall Keeble and the Rise of Black Churches of Christ in the United States, 1914-1968.

By: Robinson, Edward JContributor(s): Harrell, David Edwin | Flynt, Wayne | Blumhofer, Edith LMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Religion and American Culture SerPublisher: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (253 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780817380601Subject(s): African Americans -- Religion | Churches of Christ -- Biography | Churches of Christ -- History | Keeble, Marshall, -- 1878-1968Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Show Us How You Do It : Marshall Keeble and the Rise of Black Churches of Christ in the United States, 1914-1968DDC classification: 286.6092 B LOC classification: BX7077Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I: THE MAKING OF A BLACK EVANGELIST -- 1. "I Had Rather Rely on God's Plan Than Man's": Marshall Keeble and the Missionary Society Controversy -- 2. "The Greatest Missionary in the Church To-day": The Philanthropy of A. M. Burton -- 3. An Old Negro in the New South: The Heart and Soul of Marshall Keeble -- PART II: THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE AND THE THEOLOGICAL FORMATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CHURCHES OF CHRIST -- 4. "It Does My Soul Good When I Read the Gospel Advocate": Marshall Keeble and the Power of the Press -- 5. "The Bible Is Right!": The Theology and Strategy of Marshall Keeble -- PART III: THE PARADOX OF WHITE RACISM AND WHITE PHILANTHROPY IN CHURCHES OF CHRIST -- 6. "The White Churches Sponsored All of This Work": Marshall Keeble and Race Relations in Churches of Christ -- 7. Stirring up the South: Marshall Keeble and Black Denominations in the South -- 8. The Great Triumvirate: Marshall Keeble, A. L. Cassius, R. N. Hogan, and the Rise of African American Churches of Christ beyond the South -- PART IV: THE LEGACY OF MARSHALL KEEBLE -- 9. Marshall Keeble's Sons -- 10. Marshall Keeble's Grandsons -- Epilogue: The Church Marshall Keeble Made -- Appendix I: A Chronology of Marshall Keeble -- Appendix II: Churches Marshall Keeble Established in the South -- Appendix III: Preachers Who Attended the Nashville Christian Institute -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I: THE MAKING OF A BLACK EVANGELIST -- 1. "I Had Rather Rely on God's Plan Than Man's": Marshall Keeble and the Missionary Society Controversy -- 2. "The Greatest Missionary in the Church To-day": The Philanthropy of A. M. Burton -- 3. An Old Negro in the New South: The Heart and Soul of Marshall Keeble -- PART II: THE GOSPEL ADVOCATE AND THE THEOLOGICAL FORMATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CHURCHES OF CHRIST -- 4. "It Does My Soul Good When I Read the Gospel Advocate": Marshall Keeble and the Power of the Press -- 5. "The Bible Is Right!": The Theology and Strategy of Marshall Keeble -- PART III: THE PARADOX OF WHITE RACISM AND WHITE PHILANTHROPY IN CHURCHES OF CHRIST -- 6. "The White Churches Sponsored All of This Work": Marshall Keeble and Race Relations in Churches of Christ -- 7. Stirring up the South: Marshall Keeble and Black Denominations in the South -- 8. The Great Triumvirate: Marshall Keeble, A. L. Cassius, R. N. Hogan, and the Rise of African American Churches of Christ beyond the South -- PART IV: THE LEGACY OF MARSHALL KEEBLE -- 9. Marshall Keeble's Sons -- 10. Marshall Keeble's Grandsons -- Epilogue: The Church Marshall Keeble Made -- Appendix I: A Chronology of Marshall Keeble -- Appendix II: Churches Marshall Keeble Established in the South -- Appendix III: Preachers Who Attended the Nashville Christian Institute -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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.

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