Bancroft Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 59 (2006) Winner
Thomas Erskine Clarke
トーマス・アースキン・クラーク
Thomas Erskine Clarke
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Protestant (Presbyterian)
Career
- Occupations
- Historian, Professor, Author, Researcher
- Active Years
- 1963-
- Affiliations
- Columbia Theological Seminary, Clare Hall (University of Cambridge) — Life Member
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of South Carolina | — | — | Bachelor | — | United States |
| Columbia Theological Seminary | — | — | Master of Divinity | 1963-1966 | United States |
| Union Presbyterian Theological Seminary | — | — | PhD | 1966-1970 | United States |
| University of Basel | — | — | — | 1966-1967（在外研究） | Switzerland |
University of South Carolina
Degree:
Bachelor
Year of Graduation:
1963
Country:
United States
Bachelor's degree (specific major not specified in source material)
Columbia Theological Seminary
Degree:
Master of Divinity
Period:
1963-1966
Year of Graduation:
1966
Country:
United States
Received Master of Divinity (MDiv)
Union Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Degree:
PhD
Period:
1966-1970
Year of Graduation:
1970
Country:
United States
Received PhD
University of Basel
Period:
1966-1967（在外研究）
Country:
Switzerland
Academic year 1966–67 spent at University of Basel (visiting/academic year)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Bancroft Prize | Dwelling Place | — | Columbia University | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Mary Lawton Hodges Book Prize in Southern Studies | Dwelling Place | — | Institute of Southern Studies (University of South Carolina) | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Malcolm Bell Jr. and Muriel Barrow Bell Award | Dwelling Place | — | Georgia Historical Society | 受賞 |
| 1979 | Choice (American Library Association) Academic Book of the Year | Wrestlin' Jacob | — | Choice (American Library Association) | 選出 |
Bancroft Prize
2006
Work:
Dwelling Place
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
受賞
Mary Lawton Hodges Book Prize in Southern Studies
2006
Work:
Dwelling Place
Organization:
Institute of Southern Studies (University of South Carolina)
Result:
受賞
Malcolm Bell Jr. and Muriel Barrow Bell Award
2006
Work:
Dwelling Place
Organization:
Georgia Historical Society
Result:
受賞
Choice (American Library Association) Academic Book of the Year
1979
Work:
Wrestlin' Jacob
Organization:
Choice (American Library Association)
Result:
選出
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Wrestlin' Jacob: A Portrait of Religion in the Old South
1979 History / Religious historyA scholarly study of religious life in the American South, portraying individuals and community religious practices.
Southern religionCommunity historyFaith and society
The Seminary Presidency in Protestant Theological Seminaries
1995 Educational history / Religious educationA monograph discussing the role and institutional history of seminary presidencies in Protestant theological seminaries.
Seminary governanceReligious education
Our Southern Zion: A History of Calvinism in the South Carolina Low Country, 1690-1990
1996 Religious historyAn account of the reception and development of Calvinism in the South Carolina Low Country based on extensive sources.
CalvinismRegional religious history
Exilic Preaching: Testimony for Christian Exiles in an Increasingly Hostile Culture
1998 Theology / HomileticsDiscusses the role of Christian testimony and preaching amid an increasingly hostile cultural context.
HomileticsReligion and society
Dwelling Place: A Plantation Epic
2005 History / Social historyAn 'upstairs-downstairs' history of a white slaveholding family and a black enslaved family over four generations, exploring religion, slavery, and community.
SlaveryReligionGenerational historySouthern society
By the Rivers of Water: A Nineteenth-Century Atlantic Odyssey
2013 History / Atlantic world historyThrough the story of a Southern couple who freed inherited slaves and aided their settlement in Cape Palmas, Liberia, the book examines colonization, missionary work, and opposition to the international slave trade.
ColonizationMissionariesResettlement after enslavementAtlantic world
To Count Our Days: A History of Columbia Theological Seminary
2019 Institutional history / Educational historyAn institutional history of Columbia Theological Seminary, surveying its educational role and development.
Institutional historySeminary
Bibliography
- Wrestlin' Jacob: A Portrait of Religion in the Old South (1979; republished 1999)
- The Seminary Presidency in Protestant Theological Seminaries (1995)
- Our Southern Zion: A History of Calvinism in the South Carolina Low Country, 1690-1990 (1996)
- Exilic Preaching: Testimony for Christian Exiles in an Increasingly Hostile Culture (1998)
- Dwelling Place: A Plantation Epic (2005)
- By the Rivers of Water: A Nineteenth-Century Atlantic Odyssey (2013)
- To Count Our Days: A History of Columbia Theological Seminary (2019)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Scholarly narrative grounded in archival researchCombination of narrative history and analytical scholarship
- Recurring Motifs
- Intersection of slavery and religionGenerational histories of the American SouthConnections across the Atlantic world
Legacy
E. Clarke is highly regarded for elucidating the relationship between religion and slavery in the American South. His book Dwelling Place received wide critical acclaim and is considered an important contribution to American historical scholarship.
Academic Societies
- Georgia Historical Society
- Presbyterian Historical Society
Quotes
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Dwelling Place is one of the finest studies of American slavery ever written.
Source: Steven Hahn (review in The New Republic) (2006) -
One of the best and most important studies of American slavery I have ever read.
Source: David Brion Davis (American Historical Review) (2006)
Trivia
- Elected a Life Member of Clare Hall, University of Cambridge.
- Served as Professor Emeritus of American Religious History at Columbia Theological Seminary.
- Married to Nancy Legare Warren Clarke.