The Bible told them so: how Southern Evangelicals fought to preserve white supremacy
Why did southern white evangelical Christians resist the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s? Simply put, they believed the Bible told them so. When the civil rights movement ultimately triumphed in the 1960s, it fundamentally changed southern society. But it didn't change white evange...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press USA- OSO
2021
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Hawkins, J. Russell, The Bible told them so : How Southern Evangelicals Fought to Preserve White Supremacy] (2023) (Balmer, Randall Herbert, 1954 -)
[Rezension von: Hawkins, J. Russell, The Bible told them so : How Southern Evangelicals Fought to Preserve White Supremacy] (2023) (Silk, Mark, 1950 -) [Rezension von: Hawkins, J. Russell, The Bible told them so : How Southern Evangelicals Fought to Preserve White Supremacy] (2022) (Southern, Caleb Wesley) |
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South Carolina
/ Methodism
/ Segregation (Sociology)
/ History 1950-1960
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| Summary: | Why did southern white evangelical Christians resist the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s? Simply put, they believed the Bible told them so. When the civil rights movement ultimately triumphed in the 1960s, it fundamentally changed southern society. But it didn't change white evangelicalism. Instead, the segregationist Christianity that fought against the civil rights movement lived on after the movement's success. Turning their attention to institutions they still controlled--churches, denominations, homes, and private high schools--white evangelicals continued to preach and practice segregationist Christianity, disguising it in language of colorblindness and family protection. Cover -- The Bible Told Them So -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: "As Old as the Scriptures . . . " -- 1. Not in Our Church: Congregational Backlash to Brown v. Board of Education -- 2. The Bounds of Their Habitation: The Theological Foundation of Segregationist Christianity -- 3. Jim Crow on Christian Campuses: The Desegregation of Furman and Wofford -- 4. Embracing Colorblindness: The Methodist Merger and the Transformation of Segregationist Christianity -- 5. Focusing on the Family: Private Schools and the New Shape of Segregationist Christianity -- Epilogue: The Heirs of Segregationist Christianity -- Notes -- Index. |
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| ISBN: | 0197571077 |