RT Book
T1 Soul liberty: the evolution of black religious politics in postemancipation Virginia
A1 Turner, Nicole Myers
LA English
PP Chapel Hill
PB The University of North Carolina Press
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1671337050
AB Making a new religious freedom -- Independent black church conventions, 1866-1868 -- Religion, race, and gender at the congregational level -- Theological education, race relations, and gender, 1875-1882 -- Politics of engagement.
AB "That churches are one of the most important cornerstones of black political organization is a commonplace. In this history of African American Protestantism and American politics at the end of the Civil War, Nicole Myers Turner challenges the idea of always-already-politically engaged black churches. Using local archives, church and convention minutes, and innovative Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping, Turner reveals how freedpeople in Virginia adapted strategies for pursuing independent churches, religious freedom, political engagement, and justice to the evolving landscape of emancipation"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BR563.N4
SN 978-1-4696-5523-9
SN 978-1-4696-5522-2
K1 African American churches : Virginia : History : 19th century
K1 African American churches : Political activity : Virginia
K1 African American Christians : Virginia : History : 19th century
K1 African American Christians : Political activity : Virginia
K1 Slaves : Emancipation : Virginia
K1 Virginia : Politics and government : 1865-1950