The Methodist Unification : Christianity and the Politics of Race in the Jim Crow Era /
In the early part of the twentieth century, Methodists were seen by many Americans as the most powerful Christian group in the country. Ulysses S. Grant is rumored to have said that during his presidency there were three major political parties in the U.S., if you counted the Methodists.The Methodis...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
New York University Press,
[2008]
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Colección: | Religion, Race, and Ethnicity ;
20 |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Birth of a Nation, Birth of a Church
- 2. The Baltimore Meeting
- 3. Race Consciousness
- 4. The Savannah Meeting
- 5. The Final Three Meetings
- Epilogue
- Appendix
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author