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The historical religion programs in this collection came from the archives, library shelves, and back rooms of many organizations. Faith groups represented include African Methodist Episcopal, Baptist, Episcopal, Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Presbyterian, Quaker, Roman Catholic, Salvation Army, United Church of Christ, United Methodist, and others.

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A Christian Reading of History

Speaker(s): Gardner Taylor

Description: A sermon by Rev. Dr. Gardner Calvin Taylor (1918-2015) preceded by a scripture reading and introduction. The scripture is from 1 Corinthians, Chapter 15. Taylor was senior pastor of the Concord Baptist Church of Christ in Brooklyn, New York. Taylor is noted for his eloquence and deep understanding of Christian faith and theology and known as "the dean of American preaching". Taylor was a close friend and mentor to Martin Luther King Jr. and played a prominent role in the religious leadership of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. Taylor was born in 1918 in Baton Rouge, the grandson of former slaves, and grew up in the segregated South of the early 20th century. He graduated from the Oberlin College School of Theology in 1940, and began a lifetime of preaching and civil rights activism. Taylor was pastor of the Concord Baptist Church of Christ in Brooklyn, New York for 42 years, before retiring in 1990.

Length: 31:34
Recording Date: 1/13/1991
Recorded at: Marsh Chapel, Boston University, Boston Massachusetts