03023nam 2200565Ia 450 991082429050332120200520144314.00-8173-1352-4(CKB)1000000000537483(EBL)438208(OCoLC)560578987(SSID)ssj0000162651(PQKBManifestationID)11164090(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000162651(PQKBWorkID)10208674(PQKB)10035055(MdBmJHUP)muse8908(Au-PeEL)EBL438208(CaPaEBR)ebr10237182(MiAaPQ)EBC438208(EXLCZ)99100000000053748320010228d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGetting right with God Southern Baptists and desegregation, 1945-1995 /Mark Newman1st ed.Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20011 online resource (307 p.)Religion and American cultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-8173-1060-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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, 1945-197111. An Overview: Southern Baptists and African Americans, 1972-199512. Conclusion; Appendix. Baptist State Convention Newspapers: Circulation; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThis 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 byReligion and American culture (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)SegregationReligious aspectsSouthern Baptist ConventionHistory20th centurySegregationReligious aspectsSouthern Baptist ConventionHistory261.8/348/0088261Newman Mark863447MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824290503321Getting right with God4000603UNINA