God with Us : Lived Theology and the Freedom Struggle in Americus, Georgia, 1942-1976 /

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"God with us examines the theological struggle over racial justice through the story of one southern town--Americus, Georgia--where ordinary Americans sought and confronted racial change in the twentieth century. Documenting the passion and virulence of these contestations, this book offers ins...

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Main Author: Quiros, Ansley Lillian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Religion and sociology.
Religion.
Race relations.
Civil rights movements.
African Americans > Civil rights.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
Sociologie religieuse > États-Unis (Sud)
Religion and sociology > Southern States.
African Americans > Civil rights > Georgia > Americus > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Georgia > Americus > History > 20th century.
Southern States.
Georgia > Americus.
Americus (Ga.) > Race relations.
Americus (Ga.) > Religion > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"God with us examines the theological struggle over racial justice through the story of one southern town--Americus, Georgia--where ordinary Americans sought and confronted racial change in the twentieth century. Documenting the passion and virulence of these contestations, this book offers insight into how midcentury battles over theology and race affected the rise of the Religious Right and indeed continue to resonate deeply in American life"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (308 pages).
ISBN:9781469646787

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