About the Book
In the summer of 1964, the turmoil of the civil rights movement reached its peak in Mississippi, with activists across the political spectrum claiming that God was on their side in the struggle over racial justice. This was the summer when violence against blacks increased at an alarming rate and when the murder of three civil rights workers in Mississippi resulted in national media attention. Charles Marsh takes us back to this place and time, when the lives of activists on all sides of the civil rights issue converged and their images of God clashed. He weaves their voices into a gripping narrative: a Ku Klux Klansman, for example, borrows fiery language from the Bible to link attacks on blacks to his "priestly calling"; a middle-aged woman describes how the Gospel inspired her to rally other African Americans to fight peacefully for their dignity; a SNCC worker tells of harrowing encounters with angry white mobs and his pilgrimage toward a new racial spirituality called Black Power. Through these emotionally charged stories, Marsh invites us to consider the civil rights movement anew, in terms of religion as a powerful yet protean force driving social action.The book's central figures are Fannie Lou Hamer, who "worked for Jesus" in civil rights activism; Sam Bowers, the Imperial Wizard of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi; William Douglas Hudgins, an influential white Baptist pastor and unofficial theologian of the "closed society"; Ed King, a white Methodist minister and Mississippi native who campaigned to integrate Protestant congregations; and Cleveland Sellers, a SNCC staff member turned black militant.
Marsh focuses on the events and religious convictions that led each person into the political upheaval of 1964. He presents an unforgettable American social landscape, one that is by turns shameful and inspiring. In conclusion, Marsh suggests that it may be possible to sift among these narratives and lay the groundwork for a new thinking about racial reconciliation and the beloved community. He maintains that the person who embraces faith's life-affirming energies will leave behind a most powerful legacy of social activism and compassion.
Table of Contents:
| | Abbreviations |
| Ch. 1 | "I'm on My Way, Praise God": Mrs. Hamer's Fight for Freedom |
| Ch. 2 | High Priest of the Anti-Civil Rights Movement: The Calling of Sam Bowers |
| Ch. 3 | Douglas Hudgins: Theologian of the Closed Society |
| Ch. 4 | Inside Agitator: Ed King's Church Visits |
| Ch. 5 | Cleveland Sellers and the River of No Return |
| | Conclusion: Clearburning: Fragments of a Reconciling Faith |
| | Afterword |
| | Notes |
| | Acknowledgments |
| | Selected Bibliography |
| | Interviews |
| | Index
About the Author :
Charles Marsh, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Project on Lived Theology at the University of Virginia, was born in Alabama and spent his childhood in Mississippi. He is the author of Reclaiming Dietrich Bonhoeffer: The Promise of His Theology.
Review :
Marsh's slice of history is imperative reading for understanding the religious foundations of social movements. Publishers Weekly Original and uncommonly thoughtful... This is a comprehensive, imaginative, fair-minded and perceptive book, a significant contribution to our understanding of those men and women who fought those terrible wars in what seems so long ago but was, in fact, only yesterday. -- Jonathan Yardley Washington Post Book World With vivid description and chilling analysis, Marsh evokes the violence and oppression in the South of the civil-rights era... Many will find the results haunting... Marsh's work speaks directly to the development of our own moral lives. -- Randy Frame Christianity Today Through Marsh's heartfelt and incisive chronicle, the turmoil and acrimony that were abundant in the U.S. more than three decades ago lend a revealing perspective to numerous current situations of racial and ethnic discord. -- Nachman Spiegel Jerusalem Post The history and internal politics of the Civil Rights Movement and of the groups defending white-controlled segregation come alive in these detail-filled narratives... Choice A work of humane engagement and dispassionate scholarship. n White, "The Times Higher Education Supplement Marsh describes the faulty logic and errant principles of most of the actors ... with compassion and remarkable restraint... He presents a fresh and inspiring story of faith in action and, perhaps, a view of God's hand in human history. -- Gary Dorsey Christian Century
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Product Details - ISBN-13: 9780691029405
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publisher Imprint: Princeton University Press
- Height: 235 mm
- No of Pages: 288
- Sub Title: Stories of Faith and Civil Rights
- Width: 152 mm
- ISBN-10: 0691029407
- Publisher Date: 12 Oct 1999
- Binding: Paperback
- Language: English
- Returnable: Y
- Weight: 425 gr
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