Plain Theology for Plain People (Lexham Classics)

He co-wrote Every Waking Hour with Benjamin Quinn. He was the founding minister of Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama and one of the founding fathers of Selma University. . Strickland II (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is assistant professor of theology and associate vice president for diversity at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Walter R. Charles Octavius Boothe (1845 1924) was a Baptist pastor and educator

Strickland II reintroduces this forgotten masterpiece for today. Each book has been carefully transcribed from the original texts, ensuring an accurate representation of the writing as the author intended it to be read.. In this handbook first published in 1890, Charles Octavius Boothe simply and beautifully lays out the basics of theology for common people. Lexham Classics are beautifully typeset new editions of classic works. Everyday Christians need practical and accessible theology. Walter R. Plain Theology for Plain People shows that evangelicalism needs the wisdom and experience of African American Christians. "Before the charge 'know thyself,'" Boothe wrote, "ought to come the far greater charge, 'know thy God.'" He brought the heights of academic theology down to everyday language, and he helps us do the same today

Too often, the black church is mischaracterized as being emotionally rich and intellectually shallow. This is everyday theology from the margins, from below, from the perspective of the dispossessed. (CJ Rhodes, pastor of Mount Helm Baptist Church, Jackson, Mississippi 2017-07-18) . Williams, associate professor of New Testament Interpretation at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary 2017-07-18)Any given Sunday in some black churches, a member of the congregation may encourage the pastor by saying, "Make it plain, preacher!" In Plain Theology for Plain People, Charles Octavious Boothe makes plain a systematic theology that is both faithful to biblical orthodoxy and responsive to the particular interests of black Christians. It is no dry textbook, but theology written by an African-American pastor, born into slavery, who sought to instr