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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454082103321

Autore

Newman Mark

Titolo

Getting right with God [[electronic resource] ] : Southern Baptists and desegregation, 1945-1995 / / Mark Newman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2001

ISBN

0-8173-1352-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (307 p.)

Collana

Religion and American culture

Disciplina

261.8/348/0088261

Soggetti

Segregation - Religious aspects - Southern Baptist Convention - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The Southern Baptist Convention and African Americans, 1845-1944; 2. An Overview: Southern Baptists and Desegregation, 1945-1971; 3. The Sociology of Religion and Social Change; 4. Southern Baptists and the Biblical Defense of Segregation; 5. Progressive Southern Baptists and Civil Rights; 6. Public School Desegregation; 7. Law and Order; 8. "The Great Commission": Evangelism at Home and Abroad; 9. The Variety of the Southern Baptist Experience in Desegregation; 10. The Major White Denominations and Race Relations, 1945-1971

11. An Overview: Southern Baptists and African Americans, 1972-199512. Conclusion; Appendix. Baptist State Convention Newspapers: Circulation; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This groundbreaking study finds Southern Baptists more diverse in their attitudes toward segregation than previously assumed.  Focusing on the eleven states of the old Confederacy, Getting Right with God examines the evolution of Southern Baptists' attitudes toward African Americans during a tumultuous period of change in the United States. Mark Newman not only offers an in-depth analysis of Baptist institutions from the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) and state conventions to colleges and churches but also probes beyond these by