Henlee Hulix Barnette

Background

Barnette was born on 14th of August, 1911 in Taylorsville, North Carolina, United States.

Education

Henlee Hulix Barnette dropped out of school in the sixth grade, he reentered public school after making a commitment to Christ at age 19 and returned to school at age 22. Barnette then studied at Wake Forest College, graduating with honors, and later earned a Master of Theology in 1943, a Doctor of Theology in 1948 and a Philosophiae Doctor in 1975 from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, with additional study at Harvard and Columbia University and the University of Florida.

Career

Henlee Hulix Barnette academic career began at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, where he taught sociology from 1946 to 1947. From 1947 until 1951 he was a professor of sociology at Stetson University in De Land, Florida, then returned to Southern Baptist Seminary to teach as a professor of Christian ethics until 1977. From 1977 until 1992 he was a part-time clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Louisville, where he taught courses in medical ethics and continued to promote his belief that Christians should become more involved in protecting the Earth's ecosystems.

Achievements

• Henlee Barnette was the author of several books concerning Christian ethics, including "Introducing Christian Ethics" that was written in 1961, "The New Theology and Morality" in 1967, "The Church and the Ecological Crisis" in 1972, and "Your Freedom to Be Whole" in 1984.

Works

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  • Your Freedom to Be Whole

    (Offers advice on overcoming loneliness, boredom, anxiety,...)

    1984
  • Introducing Christian Ethics

    (This unique volume provides an introduction to Christian ...)

    1961
  • Clarence Jordan: Turning Dreams Into Deeds

    (Among modern-day Baptists, few names can evoke as mixed e...)

    1992
  • A Pilgrimage of Faith: My Story

    (Love without justice is subjective and sentimental. Love ...)

    2004
  • Communism: who? what? why? 1962
  • Christian Calling and Vocation 1965
  • Exploring Medical Ethics 1982
  • The church and the ecological crisis 1972
  • The drug crisis and the church 1971

Religion

Barnette was a committed Baptist for most of his life. He first converted to Christianity at the North Kannapolis Baptist Church in Kannapolis, North Carolina. Barnette wrote widely on topics in Christian ethics and particularly biomedical ethics. He wrote "Introducing Christian Ethics" in 1961. When he moved back to Louisville, he was a member of the Crescent Hill Baptist Church there. Barnette helped to found the Interracial Baptist Pastors Conference in Birmingham Alabama while at Samford. In 1971 he helped in the establishment of a Black Church Studies program.

Views

During the 1960s and 1970s Barnette gained a reputation as an activist, protesting the Vietnam War, participating in civil rights marches, and organizing an interracial ministers' group. Barnette's activism extended to areas besides the fight against racism and war, including environmentalism and medical ethics.

Connections

Barnette married twice, first to Charlotte Ford, with whom he had two sons, John and Wayne. Barnette remarried in 1956 to Helen Poarch after Charlotte's death in childbirth in 1953. Barnette and Helen Poarch had a daughter, Martha, and a son, James.

late wife:

Charlotte Ford

Wife:

Helen Poarch

Son:

John Barnette

John served in the United States Air Force in the Vietnam War

Son:

Wayne Barnette

Wayne moved to Sweden to avoid the draft

Daughter:

Martha Barnette

Martha Barnette is also an author and presents the weekly radio show "A Way with Words" on the subject of language.

Son:

James

James has taught as a professor of religion at Samford University.