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 Methodi...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
NYU Press,
2008.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Birth of a Nation, Birth of a Church; 2. The Baltimore Meeting: Saints, Cemeteries, and Savages; 3. Race Consciousness; 4. The Savannah Meeting:"The Bogey of Social Equality"; 5. The Final Three Meetings: The Problem of Missions and the Urgency of Patriots; Epilogue; Appendix: List of Delegates to the Joint Commission with Biographical Notes; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author.