Branford Edward Clarke (18 martie 1885 - 7 iulie 1947) a fost un predicator evanghelist, poet și artist care a promovat organizația Ku Klux Klan prin intermediul propriilor creații artistice realizate pentru Pillar of Fire Church și publicațiile sale.Lynn S. Neal (1 iunie 2009). "Christianizing the Klan: Alma White, Branford Clarke, and the Art of Religious Intolerance". Church History. American Society of Church History. doi:10.1017/S0009640709000523. White’s words and Clarke’s imagery combined in various ways to create a persuasive and powerful message of religious intolerance. ..."Branford Clarke". James Pearsall. Retrieved 2009-04-29. ... Rev. Branford Clarke, born in England ca. 1890, died in NJ ca. 1950. Clarke spent many years as pastor of the Pillar of Fire Church, Sterling Place, Brooklyn. He was a notable artist, illustrator and poet. Who were his antecedents in the UK? Any help will be appreciated. Thank you.Susie Cunningham Stanley (1993). Feminist Pillar of Fire: The Life of Alma White. The Pilgrim Press. ISBN 0-8298-0950-3. Drawings by Pillar of Fire member Branford Clarke illustrated the periodical. Predominantly political in content, Clarke's sketches encouraged women to vote ...
Biografie S-a născut pe 18 martie 1885, în Londra, Anglia. Fratele său era membru al Parlamentului.Gertrude Metlen Wolfram (1954). The widow of Zarephath. Pillar of Fire Church. When he told his family of his determination to give up his career and go to America to become a minister in the Pillar of Fire, they were dismayed. He must be overworked. His brother was about to become a Member of Parliament; Branford's decision did not fit into the plans of so prominent a family. But he persisted until his father allowed him to come to America and Zarephath. Brother Clarke became an enthusiastic worker. Early in his career he and another young man held open-air meetings along Broadway and the nearby cross streets În anii 1920, a transformat un Ford Model T într-o capelă mobilă.George W. Green (2003). Special use vehicles. McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-1245-3. Branford Clarke with the Model T Mobile Chapel (Collections of Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village)."Chapel". Retrieved 2009-04-29. The Reverend Branford Clarke's Brooklyn-based "traveling chapel" was equipped with stained-glass windows, an organ for his wife to play, and a fold-down steeple to help the whole thing fit in his garage.James Hale (2006). The Wonderful Wacky World of Marketing mobiles. Veloce Publishing. ISBN 1-84584-003-8. By 1945 Ford cars have been put to many interesting uses, but this tiny travelling chapel of the Rev Branford Clarke, New York, is in a class of its ownThe Vintage Ford. 1989. Branford Clarke, New York, is in a class by itself. Equipped with steeple 'n everything, Rev. Mr. Clarke is prepared to take the Scripture literally and ... A fost pastor al bisericii Pillar of Fire în Brooklyn, New York timp de câțiva ani. Din 1925 până în 1928 a realizat ilustrații pentru publicațiile politice și religioase ale Pillar of Fire în parteneriat cu episcopul Alma White, fondatorul și liderul bisericii. Într-o mare parte din creațiile sale erau atacate minorități precum catolicii, evreii și imigranții sosiți în Statele Unite, respectiv promovau Ku Klux Klanul.
A încetat din viață pe 7 iulie 1947 și a fost înmormântat în cimitirul Pillar of Fire din Zarephath, New Jersey. Epitaful său afirmă „The Cross he bore, through years of service bound, on yonder shore in recompense is found, The Crown.”
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Poems and Pictures by a Preacher (1921)Branford Clarke (1921). Poems and Pictures by a Preacher. The Kingston Printing Company. This book is the product of years of experience of this poet, artist, preacher. It marks a new departure in book making. The Ku Klux Klan In Prophecy (1925) Klansmen: Guardians of Liberty (1926) Heroes of the Fiery Cross (1928)Catalog of Copyright Entries. Library of Congress. Woman's Chains (1943): 9 illustrations Guardians of Liberty Vol I-III, (1943)
Publicații periodice
The Good Citizen (1913–1933)
Imnuri O parte din poemele lui Clarke au publicate drept ca imnuri în Cross and Crown Hymnal: Tell Me of the Love of Jesus, Everything Will Work Out Right, God Keep Me Strong, Prayer Changes Things, Calling Again and Again, Take Heart și Yonder Shore.
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Bibliografie
Christianizing the Klan: Alma White, Branford Clarke, and the Art of Religious Intolerance June 2009 by Lynn S. Neal Church History June 2009
Legături externe
Brandford Clarke la Find a Grave Brandford Clarke
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