# Tex Sample

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**Tex Sample** (born December 28, 1934) is a specialist in church and society, a storyteller, author, and the Robert B. and Kathleen Rogers Professor Emeritus of Church and Society at the [St. Paul School of Theology](/source/Saint_Paul_School_of_Theology), a [United Methodist](/source/United_Methodist) [seminary](/source/Seminary) in [Kansas City, Missouri](/source/Kansas_City,_Missouri), where he taught from 1967–1999. He has published four books about the [working class](/source/Working_class).

## Background

Born in [Brookhaven, Mississippi](/source/Brookhaven,_Mississippi), Sample received a BA from [Millsaps College](/source/Millsaps_College), an M.Div. and Ph.D. from [Boston University](/source/Boston_University), and a DD from [Coe College](/source/Coe_College). A former cab driver, laborer, and oil field roustabout, As of 2015 he is a freelance speaker and consultant based in greater [Kansas City, MO](/source/Kansas_City,_MO).[1] A much sought-after lecturer,[2] storyteller, workshop leader and consultant, Tex is a contributor to the DVD programs in the [Living the Questions](/source/Living_the_Questions) series.[3] His most recent books are *Earthy Mysticism* (2008),[4] *The Future of John Wesley's Theology* (2012), and *Human Nature, Interest, and Power: a Critique of Reinhold Niebuhr's Social Thought* (2013).

His father named him after Texanna Gillham, an African-American woman who was born in slavery and helped raise his father near [Center, Texas](/source/Center,_Texas).[1]

## Books

- *Blue Collar Ministry: Facing Economic and Social Realities of Working People*, Judson Press, 1984, ISBN 0-8170-1029-7
- *U.S. Lifestyles and Mainline Churches: A Key to Reaching People in the 90's*, [Westminster John Knox Press](/source/Westminster_John_Knox_Press), 1990, ISBN 0-664-25099-8
- *Hard Living People & Mainstream Christians*, [Abingdon Press](/source/Abingdon_Press), 1993, ISBN 0-687-17931-9
- *Ministry in an Oral Culture-Living With Will Rogers, Uncle Remus, and Minnie Pearl*, Westminster John Knox Press, 1994, ISBN 0-664-25506-X
- *White Soul: Country Music, the Church, and Working Americans*, Abingdon Press, 1996, ISBN 0-687-03293-8
- *The Spectacle of Worship in a Wired World: Electronic Culture and the Gathered People of God*, Abingdon Press, 1998, ISBN 0-687-08373-7
- *The Loyal Opposition: Struggling With the Church on Homosexuality*, Tex Sample and Amy E. Delong, editors, Abingdon Press, 2000, ISBN 0-687-08425-3
- *Powerful Persuasion: Multimedia Witness in Christian Worship*, Abingdon Press, 2005 ISBN 0-687-33901-4
- *Blue Collar Resistance and the Politics of Jesus*, Abingdon Press, 2006 ISBN 0-687-33502-7
- *Earthy Mysticism: Spirituality for Unspiritual People,* Abingdon Press, 2008 ISBN 0-687-64989-7
- *The Future of John Wesley's Theology: Back to the Future with the Apostle Paul,* [Wipf and Stock](/source/Wipf_and_Stock) Publishers, 2012 ISBN 978-1-61097-629-9
- *Human Nature, Interest, and Power: a Critique of Reinhold Niebuhr's Social Thought,* Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2013 ISBN 978-1-62032-626-8

## References

1. [Tex Sample](http://www.texsample.com/about-tex) web site Retrieved May 2, 2015

1. [2014 Cole Lectures at Vanderbilt Divinity School](http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2014/09/tex-sample/), Retrieved May 2, 2015

1. [Living the Questions](http://www.livingthequestions.com/xcart/home.php?cat=368) "a practical tool to... re-educate thinking Christians", Retrieved May 2, 2015

1. [Abingdon Press author page](http://www.abingdonpress.com/tex_sample) Retrieved May 2, 2915

## External links

- [Personal website](http://www.texsample.com)
- [Indigenous Ministry in the Context of the United States](https://web.archive.org/web/20060629173952/http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=159) - originally published 1991
- [Pentecostals on Motorcycles](https://web.archive.org/web/20060629143404/http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=2196) book review by Sample of *Riders for God: The Story of a Christian Motorcycle Gang* by Rich Remsberg, in *[The Christian Century](/source/The_Christian_Century)*, March 7, 2001 p. 18–20
- [TexMix](http://www.livingthequestions.com/xcart/home.php?cat=388) - Stories of Earthy Mysticism with Tex Sample on DVD (from [Living the Questions](/source/Living_the_Questions))
- ["Baseball: A Spiritual Reminiscence"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110718063033/http://www.patheos.com/Resources/Additional-Resources/Baseball-A-Spiritual-Reminiscence?offset=0&max=1), by Tex Sample on *[Patheos](/source/Patheos)*

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