Andrew M. Manis
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Andrew Michael Manis is a historian
, author
, and professor
at Macon State College
, in Macon
, Georgia
.
An ordained Baptist minister, Manis was educated at Samford University (B.A. in Religion and History) and at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, where he earned a Master of Divinity and a Ph.D. in American Church History in 1984. He also studied briefly at the University of Chicago Divinity School. From 1985 to 1988, he was the first Protestant scholar to teach in the Theology Department at Xavier University of (New Orleans) Louisiana, and prior to teaching at Macon State College, he taught at Averett University in Danville, Virginia.
Dr. Andrew Manis is an award-winning historian whose research focuses on the role of religion in American life, with particular attention placed on the Civil Rights Movement
. Dr. Manis recently received the Lillian Smith Book Award
from the Southern Regional Council for his book, A Fire You Can't Put Out. The book, a biography of civil rights leader Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth
, was also nominated for the Robert F. Kennedy Prize, and was runner-up for the 2001Louisville Grawemeyer Award for books in religion. Dr. Manis is a popular speaker, addressing churches and schools on the role of race and religion in American life.
In 2009 Manis was selected as a Fulbright Fellow in Greece, where he was also Visiting Professor of American Studies at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Other Publications:
-Macon Black and White: An Unutterable Separation in the American Century. Macon: Mercer University Press/Tubman African American Museum, 2004.
-- Winner of the 2005 Georgia Author of the Year Award (History Division)
-- National Semifinalist for the 2005 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award
-Southern Civil Religions in Conflict: Civil Rights and the Culture Wars. Mercer University Press, 2002, which is a revised and expanded edition of his 1987 book. [See below.]
-Birmingham Revolutionaries: Fred Shuttlesworth and the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights. Contributor and Co-editor with Marjorie White. Mercer University Press
, 2000.
-Southern Civil Religions in Conflict: Black and White Baptists and Civil Rights, 1947-1957. University of Georgia Press
, 1987.
Other Awards, Honors, and Organizations:
-Faculty Award for Outstanding Scholarly Activity, Macon State College, 2001.
-Mellon Fellow in the Humanities, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1988‑1989.
-Research Fellowship, Pew Evangelical Scholars Program, University of Notre Dame
, 1994‑1995 (One of fourteen recipients chosen from among 275 applicants nationwide)
-Recipient, Fellowship for Younger Scholars, Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture, Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis1992‑1993.
-Participant in the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute on Afro‑American Religious History, Princeton University
, June 23‑July 18, 1986
Historian
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, author
Author
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, and professor
Professor
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at Macon State College
Macon State College
Macon State College, formerly Macon College and Macon Junior College, is a four-year, residential, baccalaureate degree institution of the University System of Georgia located in Macon, Georgia with a satellite campus in Warner Robins, Georgia, as well as the Robins Resident Center, located on...
, in Macon
Macon, Georgia
Macon is a city located in central Georgia, US. Founded at the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is part of the Macon metropolitan area, and the county seat of Bibb County. A small portion of the city extends into Jones County. Macon is the biggest city in central Georgia...
, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
.
An ordained Baptist minister, Manis was educated at Samford University (B.A. in Religion and History) and at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, where he earned a Master of Divinity and a Ph.D. in American Church History in 1984. He also studied briefly at the University of Chicago Divinity School. From 1985 to 1988, he was the first Protestant scholar to teach in the Theology Department at Xavier University of (New Orleans) Louisiana, and prior to teaching at Macon State College, he taught at Averett University in Danville, Virginia.
Dr. Andrew Manis is an award-winning historian whose research focuses on the role of religion in American life, with particular attention placed on the Civil Rights Movement
Civil rights movement
The civil rights movement was a worldwide political movement for equality before the law occurring between approximately 1950 and 1980. In many situations it took the form of campaigns of civil resistance aimed at achieving change by nonviolent forms of resistance. In some situations it was...
. Dr. Manis recently received the Lillian Smith Book Award
Lillian Smith Book Award
Jointly presented by the Southern Regional Council and the University of Georgia Libraries, the Lillian Smith Book Awards honor those authors who, through their outstanding writing about the American South, carry on Smith's legacy of elucidating the condition of racial and social inequity and...
from the Southern Regional Council for his book, A Fire You Can't Put Out. The book, a biography of civil rights leader Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth
Fred Shuttlesworth
Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, born Freddie Lee Robinson, was a U.S. civil rights activist who led the fight against segregation and other forms of racism as a minister in Birmingham, Alabama...
, was also nominated for the Robert F. Kennedy Prize, and was runner-up for the 2001Louisville Grawemeyer Award for books in religion. Dr. Manis is a popular speaker, addressing churches and schools on the role of race and religion in American life.
In 2009 Manis was selected as a Fulbright Fellow in Greece, where he was also Visiting Professor of American Studies at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Other Publications:
-Macon Black and White: An Unutterable Separation in the American Century. Macon: Mercer University Press/Tubman African American Museum, 2004.
-- Winner of the 2005 Georgia Author of the Year Award (History Division)
-- National Semifinalist for the 2005 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award
-Southern Civil Religions in Conflict: Civil Rights and the Culture Wars. Mercer University Press, 2002, which is a revised and expanded edition of his 1987 book. [See below.]
-Birmingham Revolutionaries: Fred Shuttlesworth and the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights. Contributor and Co-editor with Marjorie White. Mercer University Press
Mercer University Press
Mercer University Press, established in 1979, is a publisher that is part of Mercer University....
, 2000.
-Southern Civil Religions in Conflict: Black and White Baptists and Civil Rights, 1947-1957. University of Georgia Press
University of Georgia Press
The University of Georgia Press or UGA Press is a publishing house and is a member of the Association of American University Presses.Founded in 1938, the UGA Press is a division of the University of Georgia and is located on the campus in Athens, Georgia, USA...
, 1987.
Other Awards, Honors, and Organizations:
-Faculty Award for Outstanding Scholarly Activity, Macon State College, 2001.
-Mellon Fellow in the Humanities, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1988‑1989.
-Research Fellowship, Pew Evangelical Scholars Program, University of Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
, 1994‑1995 (One of fourteen recipients chosen from among 275 applicants nationwide)
-Recipient, Fellowship for Younger Scholars, Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture, Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis1992‑1993.
-Participant in the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute on Afro‑American Religious History, Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, June 23‑July 18, 1986