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Faith Goes to College: The Religious Factor in the Founding and Development of HBCUs

Faith Goes to College: The Religious Factor in the Founding and Development of HBCUs

Harry Singleton
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781668438145|ISBN10: 1668438143|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781668438152|EISBN13: 9781668438169
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-3814-5.ch001
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Singleton, Harry. "Faith Goes to College: The Religious Factor in the Founding and Development of HBCUs." Contributions of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the 21st Century, edited by Anisah Bagasra, et al., IGI Global, 2022, pp. 1-20. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-3814-5.ch001

APA

Singleton, H. (2022). Faith Goes to College: The Religious Factor in the Founding and Development of HBCUs. In A. Bagasra, A. Mc Letchie, & J. Wesley (Eds.), Contributions of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the 21st Century (pp. 1-20). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-3814-5.ch001

Chicago

Singleton, Harry. "Faith Goes to College: The Religious Factor in the Founding and Development of HBCUs." In Contributions of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the 21st Century, edited by Anisah Bagasra, Alison Mc Letchie, and Jonathan Wesley, 1-20. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-3814-5.ch001

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Abstract

This chapter is concerned with the spirit and mindset of Black denominational leaders at the end of the Civil War regarding the building of HBCUs. It argues that Black church leaders across denominations were interested in providing a foundation that would outlive them and the formal education of their children and posterity would be the key component of that foundation. Structurally, this chapter addresses the vision of Black denominational leaders by looking at the lessons learned from the history of bondage, how that history informed the pragmatic thrust of the building of HBCUs, and how they desired those HBCUs serve the community for each subsequent generation where racial antagonisms are concerned. The chapter gives ultimate attention to the theological implications inherent in Black denominational leaders starting “secular” institutions like HBCUs and how that commitment challenges long-standing theological assumptions about Black religious leaders and the Black church regarding asocial and escapist tendencies.

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