Walter Strickland – Swing Low

Why is the tale of black faith so often absent in the pages of church history?

Brent talks with Walter Strickland II about his new 2 volume history from IVP called ‘Swing Low: A History of Black Christianity in the United States’.

Dr. Strickland is an educator who hails from a line of school teachers.  He’s the founder of Aptree (an e-learning experience) and serves as Assistant Professor of Systematic and Contextual Theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.  In addition to being a teaching pastor at his church, he is an Associate Fellow at the Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology at Cambridge University.   

• (1:00) The tale of black faith is often absent from the pages of church history;
• (2:20) The early African church;
• (4:30) The Christian faith weaponized;
• (7:30) The slave codes;
• (10:30) The First Great Awakening and the African-American community;
• (12:50) The invisible institution;
• (15:00) The underground railroad;
• (17:30) The reconstruction era;
• (22:10) Segregation;
• (25:00) Black evangelicalism;
• (27:30) Liberation theology.

Links mentioned in this episode:

www.sebts.edu/faculty/strickland/

www.amazon.com/Swing-Low-History-Christianity-United/dp/1514004208

ivpress.com

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