| Description |
xv, 224 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-211) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Foreword ix -- List of Abbreviations xii -- Prologue: Bloody Cotton xiii -- Introduction: Power and Transnational Histories 1 -- Part 1 Transnational Context 11 -- 1 Brazilian Baptist Memorialization: The Myths about Antônio Teixeira de Albuquerque 13 -- 2 The Rise of the (in)Famous Ex-Priest: Catholic and Protestant Journeys 29 -- 3 The Making of a Baptist Celebrity: Antonio Teixeira in Public Imagination 47 -- 4 Voyage to Waco: Crossing Borders 67 -- Part 2 The Rape of Antônia Teixeira 77 -- 5 Case 1165: The State of Texas v. Steen Morris Examining Trial 79 -- 6 The War of Words: W. C. Brann v. Rufus Burleson 99 -- 7 The Jury Trial: The Verdict and Its Aftermath 115 -- 8 Constructing and Protecting Institutional Memory: Beyond Antônio 130 -- Conclusion: Forgetting Antônia and Narratives of Institutional Goodness 143 -- Epilogue 149 -- Appendix 1 Three Reasons Why I Left the Church of Rome 155 -- Appendix 2 The Testimony of Antônia Teixeira: A Synopsis 175 -- Appendix 3 Medical Reviews 189 -- Bibliography 195 -- Index of Authors 213 -- Index of Subjects 216. |
| Summary |
Uncover the truth about the scandal that shook the Texas Baptist community, buried for over a century. In 1894 Steen Morris raped Antônia Teixeira. Both had been guests in the house of Baylor University president Rufus Burleson. The assault took place in Burleson’s backyard and was the first of a series of assaults that eventually left the young Baylor student pregnant. Rather than hold the guilty party accountable, Rufus Burleson and other prominent members of the Baptist community in Waco launched a campaign of intimidation, victim-blaming, and cover-up to preserve the virtuous image of their institution. In Remembering Antônia Teixeira, Mikeal C. Parsons and João B. Chaves painstakingly peel back the layers of concealment that have accumulated over a century of enforced silence about the case. Beginning with Antonia’s father Antônio Teixeira, a priest who had renounced Catholicism and become a pillar of the Baptist community in Brazil, Parsons and Chaves uproot romanticized and hagiographical accounts of the Southern Baptist Convention’s foreign missions. They then follow Antônia’s journey north, her assault, and the subsequent scandal that shook Texas—until it was intentionally erased. Iconoclastic and meticulous, Remembering Antônia Teixeira calls attention to how religious institutions have used selective memory to maintain power. In doing so, this book takes a first step toward dismantling those structures of oppression. |
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Teixeira, Antônia.
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Albuquerque, Antônio Teixeira de, 1840-1887.
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Burleson, Rufus Columbus, 1823-1901.
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Brann, William Cowper, 1855-1898.
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Morris, Steen.
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Taylor, Zachary C., 1851-1919.
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Southern Baptist Convention -- Missions -- Brazil -- History.
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Baylor University -- History.
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Baylor University -- Students -- Crimes against.
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Baptists -- Missions -- Brazil -- History.
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Missionaries -- Brazil -- History.
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Women college students -- Crimes against -- Texas -- Waco -- History.
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Rape victims -- Texas -- Waco -- History.
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Trials (Rape) -- Texas -- Waco -- History.
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Waco (Tex.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
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| Genre |
History.
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| Added Author |
Chaves, João B., author.
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Leonard, Bill (Bill J.), writer of foreword.
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| ISBN |
9780802883094 (hardcover) |
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0802883095 (hardcover) |
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