Wes Crawford

Shattering the Illusion (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A groundbreaking book telling the story of how a pivotal 1968 event shattered the illusion of racial unity in Churches of Christ.

Churches of Christ are a Southern American denomination, and throughout their history they have behaved much like their regional peers. From the late nineteenth century to the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement, African American and white members of Churches of Christ perpetuated an illusion of racial unity by playing their long-established roles in southern society. For decades this illusion was protected through denominational journals, lectureships, and schools. Just as the Civil Rights Movement was forcing whites and African Americans to deal with generations of racism, however, a pivotal event in Nashville, Tennessee, shattered the illusion of racial unity in Churches of Christ.

The events surrounding the closing of the Nashville Christian Institute revealed the secret that had long remained hidden, namely that within Churches of Christ there...

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Abilene Christian University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780891127208
• Artikelnr.: 40435828

Autorenporträt

Wes Crawford holds a PhD in Church History from Vanderbilt University; he completed earlier academic work at Lubbock Christian University, Abilene Christian University, and Emory University. He currently is a faculty member at both LCU and ACU, teaching classes in Bible, preaching, and church history. Wes also has served as a minister in congregations in Tennessee and Texas. He currently serves as preaching minister for the Glenwood Church of Christ in Tyler, Texas, where he lives with his wife and their four children.