Description: In Plain Theology for Plain People, first published in 1890, Charles Octavius Boothe simply and beautifully lays out the basics of theology for common people. Walter R. Strickland II reintroduces this forgotten masterpiece for today.
Brief description:
Walter R. Strickland II (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is assistant professor of theology and associate vice president for diversity at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He co-wrote Every Waking Hour with Benjamin Quinn.
Charles Octavius Boothe (1845-1924) was a Baptist pastor and educator. He was the founding minister of Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama and one of the founding fathers of Selma University.
Review Quotes:
We are in Walter Strickland's debt for publishing a new edition of Charles Boothe's Plain Theology for Plain People, an extraordinary book by an extraordinary man. This is everyday theology from the margins, from below, from the perspective of the dispossessed. It is no dry textbook, but theology written by an African-American pastor, born into slavery, who sought to instruct ordinary people in the Christian faith. A classic volume, short, readable, informative, by an inspiring Christian leader.
--Michael F. Bird, lecturer in theology, Ridley College