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God‘s story is the story of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. But it‘s also humanity‘s story, the story of a world fallen and blown apart and of a world reshaped and restored. It‘s the beginning of all beginnings and the end of all ends. Join Brent Siddall and the Rev Ian ‘Reido‘ Reid as they explore God, time, salvation and the cosmos. Explore the stories of Western culture as they pivot and interact with the main narrative of salvation history.
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Saturday Jan 18, 2025
Walter Strickland – Swing Low
Saturday Jan 18, 2025
Saturday Jan 18, 2025
Why is the tale of black faith so often absent in the pages of church history?
Brent talks with Walter Strickland II about his new 2 volume history from IVP called ‘Swing Low: A History of Black Christianity in the United States’.
Dr. Strickland is an educator who hails from a line of school teachers. He’s the founder of Aptree (an e-learning experience) and serves as Assistant Professor of Systematic and Contextual Theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. In addition to being a teaching pastor at his church, he is an Associate Fellow at the Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology at Cambridge University.
- (1:00) The tale of black faith is often absent from the pages of church history;
- (2:20) The early African church;
- (4:30) The Christian faith weaponized;
- (7:30) The slave codes;
- (10:30) The First Great Awakening and the African-American community;
- (12:50) The invisible institution;
- (15:00) The underground railroad;
- (17:30) The reconstruction era;
- (22:10) Segregation;
- (25:00) Black evangelicalism;
- (27:30) Liberation theology.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.sebts.edu/faculty/strickland/
www.amazon.com/Swing-Low-History-Christianity-United/dp/1514004208
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