Black Church Studies
Overview
What is the Black church? What role has it played in the culture and liberation of Black Americans throughout US history?
Rev. Dr. Marshall Hatch takes viewers on a journey through the history and impact of the Black church in America, from the religion of white slaveholders passed to enslaved peoples to the role of the church today in the era of Black Lives Matter. He teaches on the Civil War, Reconstruction, the development of Black denominations due to segregation, prominent Black church leaders and theologians, the Civil Rights era, and the new time of racial reckoning in America today.
The Black church has guided culture, provided hope in hard times, and been the motivating and organizing force behind pushes for the rights of Black Americans. While church attendance is decreasing, Hatch contends that the Black church still has an important role to play in American life.
- Takes viewers on a journey through the history and impact of the Black church in America.
- Provides hope in hard times, and been the motivating and organizing force.
- Contends that the Black church still has an important role to play in American life.
- Lesson 1: The Origins of the Black Church in America
- Lesson 2: The Development of Black Churches, Black Church Culture, and Black Denominations
- Lesson 3: The Black Church: The Center of Black Life and Aspirations
- Lesson 4: “Jim Crow” Segregation, the “New Negro,” and Cultural Renaissance (1900–1954)
- Lesson 5: The Black Church and the Civil Rights Movement
- Lesson 6: Black Power and Black Theology
- Lesson 7: Black Millennial Trends and the Black Church
- Lesson 8: Does the Black Church Matter in the Era of Black Lives Matter?
Reviews
1 rating
Ronald Burns
2/23/2025
Just by reading the overview of this book I can imagine the impact it has made on the people in the black community and church. The black church has been the most influential and powerful part of our culture and history. Without the black church during the civil rights movement, we would be heading towards the end of the road that leads to nowhere!