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The Methodist Unification

Christianity and the Politics of Race in the Jim Crow Era [Hardback]

by Morris L. Davis

    • Author

      Morris L. Davis

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      New York University Press

    • Published

      January 2008

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      The Methodist Unification

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      In the early part of the twentieth century, Methodists were seen by many Americans as the most powerful Christian group in the country. Ulysses S. Grant is rumored to have said that during his presidency there were three major political parties in the U.S., if you counted the Methodists."The Methodist Unification" focuses on the efforts among the Southern and Northern Methodist churches to create a unified national Methodist church, and how their plan for unification came to institutionalize racism and segregation in unprecedented ways. How did these Methodists conceive of what they had just formed as "united" when members in the church body were racially divided?Moving the history of racial segregation among Christians beyond a simplistic narrative of racism, Morris L. Davis shows that Methodists in the early twentieth century - including high-profile African American clergy - were very much against racial equality, believing that mixing the races would lead to interracial marriages and threaten the social order of American society."The Methodist Unification" illuminates the religious culture of Methodism, Methodists' self-identification as the primary carriers of "American Christian Civilization," and their influence on the crystallization of whiteness during the Jim Crow era as a legal category and cultural symbol.

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      • Author

        Morris L. Davis

      • Book Format

        Hardback

      • Publisher

        New York University Press

      • Published

        January 2008

      • Weight

        432g

      • Page Count

        197

      • Dimensions

        150 x 227 x 18 mm

      • ISBN

        9780814719909

      • ISBN-10

        0814719902

      • Eden Code

        1162540

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      • Author/Creator: Morris L. Davis

      • ISBN: 9780814719909

      • Publisher: New York University Press

      • Release Date: January 2008

      • Weight: 432g

      • Dimensions: 150 x 227 x 18 mm

      • Eden Code: 1162540


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