Christian citizens: reading the Bible in black and white in the postemancipation South
"With emancipation, a long battle for equal citizenship began. Bringing together the histories of religion, race, and the South, Elizabeth L. Jemison shows how southerners, black and white, drew on biblical narratives as the basis for very different political imaginaries during and after Recons...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina Press
2020
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Jemison, Elizabeth L., Christian citizens] (2021) (Daly, John Patrick, 1964 -)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Südstaaten, USA
/ Bible
/ Evangelical movement
/ Race relations
/ History 1863-1900
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| IxTheo Classification: | KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KBQ North America SA Church law; state-church law |
| Further subjects: | B
Race Relations
Religious aspects
Christianity
B Mississippi River Valley Race relations B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc History 19th century B Religion And Politics (Mississippi River Valley) History 19th century B Evangelicalism (Mississippi River Valley) B Mississippi River Valley Church history 19th century B Protestants (Mississippi River Valley) |
| Summary: | "With emancipation, a long battle for equal citizenship began. Bringing together the histories of religion, race, and the South, Elizabeth L. Jemison shows how southerners, black and white, drew on biblical narratives as the basis for very different political imaginaries during and after Reconstruction. Focusing on everyday Protestants in the Mississippi River Valley, Jemison scours their biblical thinking and religious attitudes toward race. She argues that the evangelical groups that dominated this portion of the South shaped contesting visions of black and white rights"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1469659697 |