"Marsh celebrates the importance of Christian faith in founding the civil rights movement, [exploring] as well the devastating dichotomy of hate and prejudice."--Andrew Young "Mississippi Freedom Summer tested my commitment and my faith.... To this day, I wonder how those who opposed us reconciled their faith with their hatred and their anger or even their inaction. [Marsh] admirably attempts to explore this unfathomable paradox."--John Lewis, Member of Congress, 5th District, Georgia "This wonderfully narrated book offers truths about the civil rights struggle of the 1960s often…mehr
"Marsh celebrates the importance of Christian faith in founding the civil rights movement, [exploring] as well the devastating dichotomy of hate and prejudice."--Andrew Young "Mississippi Freedom Summer tested my commitment and my faith.... To this day, I wonder how those who opposed us reconciled their faith with their hatred and their anger or even their inaction. [Marsh] admirably attempts to explore this unfathomable paradox."--John Lewis, Member of Congress, 5th District, Georgia "This wonderfully narrated book offers truths about the civil rights struggle of the 1960s often overlooked-the intensely moral and spiritual side of an effort that had an enormous impact on our secular life." --Robert Coles
Charles Marsh is professor of religious studies and director of the Project on Lived Theology at the University of Virginia. A graduate of Harvard Divinity School, he is the author of Reclaiming Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Last Days and, most recently, The Beloved Community: How Faith Shapes Social Justice, from the Civil Rights Movement to Today.
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Abbreviations Introduction: With God on Our Side: Faiths in Conflict 3 Ch. 1 "I'm on My Way, Praise God": Mrs. Hamer's Fight for Freedom 10 Ch. 2 High Priest of the Anti-Civil Rights Movement: The Calling of Sam Bowers 49 Ch. 3 Douglas Hudgins: Theologian of the Closed Society 82 Ch. 4 Inside Agitator: Ed King's Church Visits 116 Ch. 5 Cleveland Sellers and the River of No Return 152 Conclusion: Clearburning: Fragments of a Reconciling Faith 192 Afterword 195 Notes 205 Acknowledgments 255 Selected Bibliography 259 Interviews 267 Index 269
Abbreviations Introduction: With God on Our Side: Faiths in Conflict 3 Ch. 1 "I'm on My Way, Praise God": Mrs. Hamer's Fight for Freedom 10 Ch. 2 High Priest of the Anti-Civil Rights Movement: The Calling of Sam Bowers 49 Ch. 3 Douglas Hudgins: Theologian of the Closed Society 82 Ch. 4 Inside Agitator: Ed King's Church Visits 116 Ch. 5 Cleveland Sellers and the River of No Return 152 Conclusion: Clearburning: Fragments of a Reconciling Faith 192 Afterword 195 Notes 205 Acknowledgments 255 Selected Bibliography 259 Interviews 267 Index 269
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