Slavery's Long Shadow: Race and Reconciliation in American Christianity

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Synopsis
How interactions of race and religion have influenced unity and division in the church At the center of the story of American Christianity lies an integral connection between race relations and Christian unity. Despite claims that Jesus Christ transcends all racial barriers, the most segregated hour in America is still Sunday mornings when Christians gather for worship. In Slavery’s Long Shadow fourteen historians and other scholars examine how the sobering historical realities of race relations and Christianity have created both unity and division within American churches from the 1790s into the twenty-first century. The book’s three sections offer readers three different entry points into the conversation: major historical periods, case studies, and ways forward. Historians as well as Christians interested in racial reconciliation will find in this book both help for understanding the problem and hope for building a better future.Contributors:Tanya Smith BriceJoel A. BrownLawrence A. Q. BurnleyJeff W. ChildersWes CrawfordJames L. GormanRichard T. HughesLoretta HunnicuttChristopher R. HutsonKathy PulleyEdward J. RobinsonKamilah Hall SharpJerry TaylorD. Newell Williams
Copyright:
2019

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9781467452571
Related ISBNs:
9780802876232
Publisher:
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
James L. Gorman, Jeff W. Childers, Mark W. Hamilton
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Social Studies, Politics and Government
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Bookshare Staff
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