9780226598086-022659808X-Christianity and Race in the American South: A History (Chicago History of American Religion)

Christianity and Race in the American South: A History (Chicago History of American Religion)

ISBN-13: 9780226598086
ISBN-10: 022659808X
Edition: Reprint
Author: Paul Harvey
Publication date: 2018
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Format: Paperback 264 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780226598086
ISBN-10: 022659808X
Edition: Reprint
Author: Paul Harvey
Publication date: 2018
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Format: Paperback 264 pages

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Christianity and Race in the American South: A History (Chicago History of American Religion) (ISBN-13: 9780226598086 and ISBN-10: 022659808X), written by authors Paul Harvey, was published by University of Chicago Press in 2018. With an overall rating of 4.2 stars, it's a notable title among other Churches & Church Leadership (History, Christian Books & Bibles, State & Local, United States History) books. You can easily purchase or rent Christianity and Race in the American South: A History (Chicago History of American Religion) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Churches & Church Leadership books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $6.23.

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The history of race and religion in the American South is infused with tragedy, survival, and water—from St. Augustine on the shores of Florida’s Atlantic Coast to the swampy mire of Jamestown to the floodwaters that nearly destroyed New Orleans. Determination, resistance, survival, even transcendence, shape the story of race and southern Christianities. In Christianity and Race in the American South, Paul Harvey gives us a narrative history of the South as it integrates into the story of religious history, fundamentally transforming our understanding of the importance of American Christianity and religious identity.

Harvey chronicles the diversity and complexity in the intertwined histories of race and religion in the South, dating back to the first days of European settlement. He presents a history rife with strange alliances, unlikely parallels, and far too many tragedies, along the way illustrating that ideas about the role of churches in the South were critically shaped by conflicts over slavery and race that defined southern life more broadly. Race, violence, religion, and southern identity remain a volatile brew, and this book is the persuasive historical examination that is essential to making sense of it.

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