The Methodist Unification : Christianity and the Politics of Race in the Jim Crow Era.

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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 Methodi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davis, Morris L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2008.
Temas:
Methodist Church (U.S.) > History.
Methodist Church (U.S.). > Uniting Conference.
Methodist Church (U.S.)
Methodist Church (U.S.). > Uniting Conference
1900-1999
Race relations > Religious aspects > Methodist Church > History > 20th century.
Relations raciales > Aspect religieux > Église méthodiste > Histoire > 20e siècle.
RELIGION > Christianity > Methodist.
Race relations
Race relations > Religious aspects > Methodist Church
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siècle.
United States
History
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Sumario: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 Methodist Unification focuses on the efforts among the Southern and Northern Methodist churches to create a unified national Methodist church, and how their plan for unification came to institutionalize racism and segregation in unprecedented ways. How did these Methodists conceive of what they had just fo.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (207 pages)
ISBN:9780814785171
0814785174

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