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The Rev. Dr. Joseph H. Jackson remains one of the most important but least known figures of twentieth-century African American Christian history. In this book, Jared E. Alcántara sets out a definitive academic biography of this complex figure.
List of contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Child of the Delta
- Chapter 2 Black Church in the Black Metropolis
- Chapter 3 Ascending the Ranks: Jackson's Rise to Power
- Chapter 4 "His Mantle Will Fall on You"
- Chapter 5 "The Greatest Young Preacher Ever Lived"
- Chapter 6 "The Man who Would Be President"
- Chapter 7 Cracks in the Foundations
- Chapter 8 Schism in the Air
- Chapter 9 "Don't Be Angry, Let Me Stay"
- Chapter 10 As I Come to a Close: Three Cities that Shaped the Last Three Decades of Jackson's Life
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
About the author
Jared E. Alcántara is Professor of Preaching and holds the Paul W. Powell Endowed Chair in Preaching at Baylor University's Truett Theological Seminary in Waco, Texas. His recent publications include
How to Preach Proverbs,
Let the Legends Preach, and
The Practices of Christian Preaching. Alcántara is a member of the Academy of Homiletics, the Evangelical Homiletics Society, and the Hispanic Theological Initiative. An ordained Baptist minister, he has also served as a youth pastor, associate pastor, and teaching pastor in Illinois, Massachusetts, Oregon, and New Jersey.
Summary
The Rev. Dr. Joseph H. Jackson remains one of the most important but least known figures of twentieth-century African American Christian history. In this book, Jared E. Alcántara sets out a definitive academic biography of this complex figure.
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Jared E. Alcántara has written a sensitive, balanced, and engaging biography of one of the most important religious figures of the twentieth century. Exhaustively researched and well-crafted, this book reveals J. H. Jackson in all his complexity, paradox, and prophetic vision, as Alcántara neither praises nor vilifies a man who often generated and was worthy of both. With The Challenge of Joseph H. Jackson, Alcántara has brought Jackson back from a puzzling fall into obscurity to his rightful place among America's greatest preachers and denominational leaders, broadening our understanding of the range of civil rights activism along the way.
