The End of Days : African American Religion and Politics in the Age of Emancipation /

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For four million slaves, emancipation was a liberation and resurrection story of biblical proportion, both the clearest example of God's intervention in human history and a sign of the end of days. Matthew Harper demonstrates how black southerners' theology, in particular their understandi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Harper, Matthew (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Freed persons > Social conditions.
African Americans > Social conditions.
African Americans > Religion.
African Americans.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
RELIGION > Faith.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Affranchis > États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions sociales.
Noirs americains > États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions sociales.
Noirs americains > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Noirs americains > États-Unis (Sud) > Religion.
Freed persons > Southern States > Social conditions.
African Americans > Southern States > Social conditions.
African Americans > Southern States > History.
African Americans > Southern States > Religion.
United States.
Southern States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:For four million slaves, emancipation was a liberation and resurrection story of biblical proportion, both the clearest example of God's intervention in human history and a sign of the end of days. Matthew Harper demonstrates how black southerners' theology, in particular their understanding of the end times, influenced nearly every economic and political decision they made in the aftermath of emancipation.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (224 pages).
ISBN:9781469629384

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