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
Table of Contents:
  • Sweet Jesus and unbearable madness
  • Demonstration plot for the kingdom: the radical orthodoxy of Koinonia Farm
  • Lee Street theology: white southern protestantism in Americus, 1945-1963
  • Jesus, he's my brother: the black church, black theology, and the black freedom struggle in Americus
  • Marching to eternity: theology takes to the streets of Americus
  • The devil won, hands down: opposition in Americus
  • Kneeling-in: the theological struggle comes to church.

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