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Your spirits walk beside us : the politics of Black religion
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- Summary
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Even before the emergence of the civil rights movement, African American religion and progressive politics were assumed to be inextricably intertwined. Savage counters this assumption with the stor...
Even before the emergence of the civil rights movement, African American religion and progressive politics were assumed to be inextricably intertwined. Savage counters this assumption with the story of a highly diversified religious community whose debates over engagement in the struggle for racial equality were as vigorous as they were persistent.
Details
- Creator
- Barbara Dianne Savage
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2022]
- ©2012
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (368 pages)
- text file PDF
- ISBNs
- 9780674043114, 0674043111
- OCLC
- on1302166696
- In English.
- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Reformation of the "Negro Church" -- 2. Illusions of Black Religion -- 3. In Pursuit of Pentecost -- 4. The Advent to Civil Rights -- 5. Southern Black Liberal Protestantism -- 6. A Religious Rebellion -- 7. Reconcilable Differences -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Subjects
- African American churches -- Political activity.
- African American churches -- Political aspects.
- African American clergy -- Political activity.
- African Americans -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
- African Americans -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
- Christianity and politics -- History -- 20th century -- United States.
- Christianity and politics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Civil rights movements -- History -- 20th century -- United States.
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.