Getting right with God [[electronic resource] ] : Southern Baptists and desegregation, 1945-1995 / / Mark Newman
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Newman Mark
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| Titolo: |
Getting right with God [[electronic resource] ] : Southern Baptists and desegregation, 1945-1995 / / Mark Newman
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| Pubblicazione: | Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (307 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 261.8/348/0088261 |
| Soggetto topico: | Segregation - Religious aspects - Southern Baptist Convention - History - 20th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Getting right with God |
| ISBN: | 0-8173-1352-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910454082103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Religion and American culture (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)