RT Book
T1 Soul Liberty: The Evolution of Black Religious Politics in Postemancipation Virginia
A1 Turner, Nicole Myers
LA English
PP Chapel Hill
PB University of North Carolina Press
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1779753470
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 black churches as having always been politically engaged. Using local archives, church and convention minutes, and innovative Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping, Turner reveals how freedpeople in Virginia adapted strategies for pursuing the freedom of their souls to worship as they saw fit—and to participate in society completely in the evolving landscape of emancipation. Freedpeople, for both evangelical and electoral reasons, were well aware of the significance of the physical territory they occupied, and they sought to organize the geographies that they could in favor of their religious and political agendas at the outset of Reconstruction. As emancipation included opportunities to purchase properties, establish black families, and reconfigure gender roles, the ministry became predominantly male, a development that affected not only discourses around family life but also the political project of crafting, defining, and teaching freedom. After freedmen obtained the right to vote, an array of black-controlled institutions increasingly became centers for political organizing on the basis of networks that mirrored those established earlier by church associations. We are proud to announce that this book will also be published as an enhanced open-access e-book on a companion website hosted by Fulcrum, an innovative publishing platform launched by Michigan Publishing at the University of Michigan Library. The Fulcrum version of the book can be located using this link: https://doi.org/10.5149/9781469655253_Turner.
NO Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
SN 9781469655246
SN 1469655241
K1 African American churches : History : 19th century : Virginia
K1 African American churches : Political activity : Virginia
K1 African American Christians : History : 19th century : Virginia
K1 African American Christians : Political activity : Virginia
K1 Slaves : Emancipation : Virginia
K1 Slaves ; Emancipation ; Virginia
K1 African American Christians ; Political activity ; Virginia
K1 African American Christians ; Virginia ; History ; 19th century
K1 African American churches ; Political activity ; Virginia
K1 African American churches ; Virginia ; History ; 19th century
K1 Virginia ; Politics and government ; 1865-1950
K1 African American Christians ; fast ; (OCoLC)fst01896439
K1 African American churches ; fast ; (OCoLC)fst00799090
K1 Politics and government ; fast ; (OCoLC)fst01919741
K1 Slaves ; Emancipation ; fast ; (OCoLC)fst01120540
K1 Virginia ; fast ; (OCoLC)fst01204597
K1 Églises noires americaines ; Activite politique ; Virginie
K1 Chretiens noirs americains ; Virginie ; Histoire ; 19e siecle
K1 Chretiens noirs americains ; Activite politique ; Virginie
K1 Esclaves ; Affranchissement ; Virginie
K1 HISTORY / African American
K1 Virginie ; Politique et gouvernement ; 1865-1950
K1 Églises noires americaines ; Virginie ; Histoire ; 19e siecle
K1 Politics and government
K1 African American churches
K1 African American Christians
K1 Virginia
K1 Slaves ; Emancipation
K1 History
K1 Virginia : Politics and government : 1865-1950