God and race in American politics : a short history /

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Religion has been a powerful political force throughout American history. When race enters the mix the results have been some of our greatest triumphs as a nation--and some of our most shameful failures. In this important book, Mark Noll, one of the most influential historians of American religion w...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Noll, Mark A., 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
1800 - 2009
Christianity and politics > United States > History.
African Americans > Civil rights > History.
African Americans > Religion.
African Americans > Intellectual life.
Christianisme et politique > États-Unis > Histoire.
Noirs américains > Droits > Histoire.
Noirs américains > Religion.
Noirs américains > Vie intellectuelle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > General.
African Americans > Civil rights
African Americans > Intellectual life
African Americans > Religion
Christianity and politics
Politics and government
Race relations > Political aspects
United States > Race relations > Political aspects.
United States > Politics and government > 19th century.
United States > Politics and government > 20th century.
United States > Politics and government > 2001-2009.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Aspect politique.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 19e siècle.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siècle.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 2001-2009.
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Bible, slavery, and the "irrepressible conflict"
  • The origins of African-American religious agency
  • The churches, "redemption," and Jim Crow
  • Religion and the Civil Rights Movement
  • The Civil Rights Movement as the fulcrum of recent political history
  • Theological conclusion.

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