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Ua12/2/2 Xposure - Fall 1995, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/2 Xposure - Fall 1995, Wku Student Affairs
WKU Archives Records
1995 Xposure yearbook.
- Contributors
- Meese, Ray. Ethnic Harmony – International Festival
- Frazier, Stephan. The Unspoken Me – Scott Foster, Musicians
- Thomas, Kim. From the Front Page to Fruit Loops – College Heights Herald
- Shain, Kimberly. Politics? Who Cares!
- Hutchins, Chris. Live, Learn & Intern – Chris Daniel, Lisa Vaught
- Hutchins, Chris. The Power of Prayer – Eastside Church of Christ, Newman Center
- Meese, Ray. Cutting Up on Campus
- Gamblin, Joe. Comic Craze – Comic Books
- From the World of Art – Paintings
- Noel, Anthony. Achieving Greatness – Theatre & Dance
- Noel, Anthony. Precious Moments with the Duke – Duke Orsino, …
Samuel, Patrick And Cato: A History Of The Dallas Fire Of 1860 And Its Tragic Aftermath, William R. Farmer (1921-2000)
Samuel, Patrick And Cato: A History Of The Dallas Fire Of 1860 And Its Tragic Aftermath, William R. Farmer (1921-2000)
Perkins Faculty Research and Special Events
In this unpublished work, William R. Farmer (1921-2000), former associate professor of New Testament at Perkins School of Theology, recounts the story of the Dallas Fire of 1860 and the events that followed: the hanging of three innocent African American men and the whipping of many local slaves. Farmer’s work explores the causes of these acts of racial terrorism by presenting and discussing numerous primary resources. Accompanying the book manuscript is a related work: “A Reader for the Study of the Dallas Fire of 1860.” Both documents were created in the late 1990s.
Book Review: Conjuring Culture: Biblical Formations In Black America, Vincent L. Wimbush
Book Review: Conjuring Culture: Biblical Formations In Black America, Vincent L. Wimbush
CGU Faculty Publications and Research
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Reading Texts As Reading Ourselves: A Chapter In The History Of African American Biblical Interpretation, Vincent L. Wimbush
Reading Texts As Reading Ourselves: A Chapter In The History Of African American Biblical Interpretation, Vincent L. Wimbush
CGU Faculty Publications and Research
Literature, especially religious literature, ideally aims to trigger degrees of empathy in readers who share a particular universe of meaning, with the goal of entertaining, provoking, challenging, and persuading. The literary text that has achieved something of the status of a "classic" is one that has consistently--that is, "beyond its time...beyond its space"--proved to be engaging and empathetic, consistently challenging and inspiring the spirit, provoking thoughts and arresting the imagination of those generally sharing a universe of meaning, or culture. But such texts, precisely because of their empathy-producing qualities, should also inspire among readers again and again over time a …
The Bible And African-American Culture, Vincent L. Wimbush
The Bible And African-American Culture, Vincent L. Wimbush
CGU Faculty Publications and Research
The history of the influence, uses, and functions of the Bible among African Americans is dramatic and complex, and reflects the different, sometimes conflicting, sociopolitical and religious self-understandings, orientations, and aspirations of a dominant segment, if not the great majority, of African Americans.