Black Baptist women’s church work absorbed secular Progressive-era sociological methods
Evidence
In responding to the demographic and socioeconomic changes that were under way, organized black Baptist women came increasingly to employ the language and methods of secular reformers. With the birth of the Baptist women’s national organization, the mediating role of women’s church work served to connect local and state activities with more sophisticated and changing reform trends. Indeed the general direction of reform activities endorsed by the leadership of the Woman’s Convention reflected the interest in sociology that was characteristic of the Progressive era.’ This influence marked a significant departure from nineteenth-century patterns of women’s church work. — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 791
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to the annals of black women’s organized reform and secular-religious boundary-crossing seen in Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s Protestant religious organizational histories. — connects to: Black Baptist women leaders bridged church and secular reform networks — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 829; Black Baptist women’s reform agenda drew on white urban sociology — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 1492; Black Baptist women combined rational reform with fervent worship — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 1504 (+7 more)
Broader Connections
- Black Baptist women’s reform agenda drew on white urban sociology
#qualifies(0.85) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 1492 - Black Baptist women leaders bridged church and secular reform networks
#expands(0.82) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 829 - Black Baptist women publicly demanded progressive social-service ministries
#exemplifies(0.80) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 807 - Black Baptist women combined rational reform with fervent worship
#expands(0.78) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 1504 - Elite Progressive-era philanthropy aimed primarily at social order, not sincere reform.
#complicates(0.74) — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 738