http://hdl.handle.net/2144/899 2013-05-23T08:14:43Z http://hdl.handle.net/2144/3761 An Historical and Critical Analysis of Leadership Education of African American Protestant Clergy within University-Based Black Church Studies Programs Newsome-Camara, Imani-Sheila The purpose of this dissertation is to reflect on African American clergy leadership education at university-based seminaries in the United States. It examines the history of African American clergy leadership education and African American theological reflection that informs such educational programs. Qualitative data gathered from interviews of persons who have participated in African American clergy leadership education programs serve as a measure of program effectiveness by offering crucial information to African American clergy who serve both church and community. The conclusion of the dissertation offers recommendations for the development of programs for African American clergy leadership education at university-based seminaries. 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2144/3760 Unveiling Secrets: A Multidiscipline Academic Examination of Bishop Eddie Lee Long's Sermon "Back To The Future" Crowley, Brandon 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2144/3759 World Restructuring: Toward a Phenomenology of Parable Pearl, J. Leavitt 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2144/3756 Constrained to Deviate: John Wesley and the Evangelical Anglicans Danker, Ryan Although the dominant theory in Evangelical and Methodist studies has been that John Wesley and the Evangelical Anglican clergy separated over theological issues related to Christian perfection and predestination, essentially outlined as an Arminian/Calvinist split, it is the argument of this work that the gradual split between these two "parties" was much more multifaceted. Looking at the broader political, social, and religious context in which the Evangelical Revival arose, the divide between Wesley and the Evangelicals can be seen as much as an outgrowth of ecclesiastical pressures caused by maverick use of church polity, political memory in the wake of the English Civil War and the Restoration, the creation of a distinctly "Methodist" ethos, and even the rise of High Church and Tory political power in the latter part of the eighteenth century in the face of outside challenges. These larger influences, together with personal issues among what amounts to a small group of men, created the impetus for a divide between these two parties. While theological issues remain essential to the overall picture, they are treated within larger historical contexts. Wesley’s divide from his closest Anglican associates remains a complex issue within the tumultuous early period of the Evangelical Revival. 2012-05-11T00:00:00Z