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By celebrating strengths of many traditions in the church (and beyond), this book will seek to communicate a “generous orthodoxy ”.
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In this bold and visionary ebook, two leading Christian thinkers explore the "alien" status of Christians in today's world, and offer a compelling new vision of how the Christian church can regain its vitality, battle its malaise, reclaim its capacity to nourish souls, and stand firmly against the illusions, pretensions, and eroding values of today's world. Hauerwas and Willimon call for a radical new understanding of the church. By renouncing the emphasis on personal psychological categories, they offer a vision of the church as a colony, a holy nation, a peole, a family standing for sharply focused values in a devalued world..
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Adapted from Albert Outler's 4 volume work "The Works of John Wesley" this anthology of 50 of Wesley's finest sermons are presented in an affordable, convenient paperback. Arranged chronologically with introductory commentary by Richard Heitzenrater..
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”Newman's lively, lilting biography of Richard Allen is the keen-eyed appraisal of a remarkable founding father that we needed, wanted, and can now cherish Save a special place on your bookshelf for this exploration of a man who extricated himself from slavery and rose to accomplish what few white Americans of his generation could match.”
—Gary B. Nash, author of The Forgotten Fifth: African Americans in the Age of Revolution

”Through exhaustive research and graceful writing, Newman shows us all the sides of this genuine black founding father: activist, institution-builder of the AME church, theologian and writer, pulpit politician, American-made genius from the street and the study. This book is at once a wonderful breath of fresh air into ‘founder mania,’ as well as the new standard in our eternal quest to define the black ‘leader.’ ”
—David W. Blight, author of A Slave No More: Two Men who Escaped to Freedom

Freedom’s Prophet is a long-overdue biography of Richard Allen, founder of the first major African-American church and the leading black activist of the early American republic. A tireless minister, abolitionist, and reformer, Allen inaugurated some of the most important institutions in African-American history and influenced nearly every black leader of the nineteenth century, from Douglass to Dubois.

Allen (1760–1831) was born a slave in colonial Philadelphia, secured his freedom during the American Revolution, and became one of the nation’s leading black activists before the Civil War. Among his many achievements, Allen helped form the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, co-authored the first copyrightedpamphlet by an African American writer, published the first African American eulogy of George Washington, and convened the first national convention of black reformers. In a time when most black men and women were categorized as slave property, Allen was championed as a black hero. As Richard S. Newman writes, Allen must be considered one of America’s “Black Founding Fathers.”

In this thoroughly engaging and beautifully written book, Newman describes Allen’s continually evolving life and thought, setting both in the context of his times. From Allen’s early antislavery struggles and belief in interracial harmony to his later reflections on black democracy and black emigration, Newman traces Allen’s impact on American reform and reformers, on racial attitudes during the years of the Early Republic, and on the black struggle for justice in the age of Adams, Jefferson, Madison and Washington. Whether serving as America’s first Black bishop, challenging slaveholding statesmen in a nation devoted to liberty, or visiting the “President’s House” (the first black activist to do so), this important book makes it clear that Allen belongs in the pantheon of America’s great founding figures. Freedom’s Prophet reintroduces Allen to today’s readers and restores him to his rightful place in our nation’s history.

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"These charming essays on baseball themes range from topics like first gloves--mine was a Rawlings Marty Marion model--to the tragic story of the Billy Southworths, father and son, to being relegated to right field or having troubles playing first base. These are tasty morsels "--Fay Vincent, former baseball commissioner

"Twenty wonderful writers--that's just enough for two full all-star teams--and two designated hitters."--Christine Brennan, USA Today sports columnist

Stefan Fatsis sends his "stunningly perfect, consummately perfect, why-would-anyone-use-anything-else? perfect" glove to be restored by the Glove Designer at Rawlings; Susan Perabo considers retiring from her imaginary career in the majors and assesses the likelihood of women finding actual careers on the baseball field; Sean Wilentz imagines a Cooperstown Fans' Hall of Fame, with its cowbells, frying pans, bedsheet banners, and more. And in one of the three previously published, now classic pieces in the collection, George Plimpton reflects on the slow demotion of aging or slumping players from pitcher to first base, to the outfield. United by the authors' fervent love of the game, these essays remind us of the unique role baseball plays in our national history and collective imagination.

A collaboration between SMU Press and the literary journal Creative Nonfiction..
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