Henlee Hulix Barnette
| Henlee Hulix Barnette | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 14, 1911 Taylorsville, North Carolina |
| Died | October 20, 2004 (aged 93) Louisville, Kentucky |
| Nationality | United States |
| Children | 4, including Martha Barnette |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Wake Forest College |
| Alma mater | Southern Baptist Theological Seminary |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Christian ethics |
Henlee Hulix Barnette (August 14, 1911 – October 20, 2004) was an American social activist, professor of Christian ethics, minister, and author. His first book, Introducing Christian Ethics (1961), became a standard text in his field. He marched with Martin Luther King and met with Nikita Khrushchev to set up a college student exchange program with the Soviet Union.
Barnette was born on August 14, 1911, in Taylorsville, North Carolina. He dropped out of school in the sixth grade and his family moved to Kannapolis, North Carolina in 1925. He converted to Christianity there at the age of 19 and returned to school at age 22 on the advice of his pastor, Wade Jones. He graduated at age 26 and went on to study at Wake Forest College, from where he graduated with honors in 1940.
After Wake Forest College, Barnette attended Southern Baptist Theological Seminary ("Southern") in Louisville, Kentucky, where he received a Masters in Theology and a PhD. He later studied at Harvard University, Columbia University and the University of Florida.
Barnette's first teaching position was at Samford University (then Howard College), in Birmingham, Alabama, from 1946 to 1947 as a professor of sociology, followed by Stetson University in Florida from 1947 to 1951. In 1951, he joined the faculty at Southern, where he remained until 1977. From 1956 to 1959 he was acting dean of the School of Theology there. After 26 years teaching at Southern, Barnette went on to work at the University of Louisville Medical School, teaching psychiatry from 1977 until 1992.
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