The Bible Told Them So: How Southern Evangelicals Fought to Preserve White Supremacy - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197571064ISBN-10:197571069UPC:9780197571064Book Category:Religion, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Religion, Politics & State, Ethnic Studies, ChristianityBook Topic:ProtestantSize:9.30 x 6.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCPN8Z1HAN
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. These white Christians entered the battle certain that God was on their side. Ultimately, the civil rights movement triumphed in the 1960s and, with its success, fundamentally transformed American society. But this victory did little to change...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197571064ISBN-10:197571069UPC:9780197571064Book Category:Religion, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Religion, Politics & State, Ethnic Studies, ChristianityBook Topic:ProtestantSize:9.30 x 6.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCPN8Z1HAN
J. Russell Hawkins is Professor of Humanities and History in the John Wesley Honors College at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Indiana.
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