03595nam 2200697 a 450 991080963420332120230617000014.01-283-43451-297866134345171-60473-584-8(CKB)2550000000082375(EBL)840341(OCoLC)774384925(SSID)ssj0000598497(PQKBManifestationID)11354170(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000598497(PQKBWorkID)10599877(PQKB)11608082(MiAaPQ)EBC840341(Au-PeEL)EBL840341(CaPaEBR)ebr10529422(CaONFJC)MIL343451(EXLCZ)99255000000008237520021016d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAfrican American religion and the civil rights movement in Arkansas[electronic resource] /Johnny E. WilliamsJackson University Press of Mississippic20031 online resource (204 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-57806-545-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-171) and index.Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Cultural Dimensions of Collective Action; Chapter 2. History of Activist Religious Interpretation; Chapter 3. Church Culture and Sociopolitical Movements during Reconstruction and Post-Reconstruction; Chapter 4. Social Activism Preceding the Desegregation Movement in Little Rock; Chapter 5. Religion's Effect on Mobilizing Civil Rights Protest; Chapter 6. Culture's Centrality in African-American Women's Civil Rights Activism; Chapter 7. Theoretical Conclusions; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; JKL; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; YCivil Rights -- Religious History--> What role did religion play in sparking the call for civil rights? Was the African American church a motivating force or a calming eddy? The conventional view among scholars of the period is that religion as a source for social activism was marginal, conservative, or pacifying. Not so, argues Johnny E. Williams. Focusing on the state of Arkansas as typical in the role of ecclesiastical activism, his book argues that black religion from the period of slavery through the era of segregation provided theological resources that motivated and sustained preachers African AmericansCivil rightsArkansasHistoryCivil rights movementsArkansasHistoryAfrican American civil rights workersReligious lifeArkansasAfrican AmericansArkansasReligionAfrican American churchesArkansasHistoryReligion and politicsArkansasHistoryArkansasRace relationsArkansasChurch historyAfrican AmericansCivil rightsHistory.Civil rights movementsHistory.African American civil rights workersReligious lifeAfrican AmericansReligion.African American churchesHistory.Religion and politicsHistory.261.7/089/960730767Williams Johnny E1151219MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809634203321African American religion and the civil rights movement in Arkansas4089662UNINA