The Social Gospel in Black and White: American Racial Reform, 1885-1912

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Univ of North Carolina Press, Mar 1, 1998 - History - 445 pages
In a major revision of accepted wisdom, this book, originally published by UNC Press in 1991, demonstrates that American social Christianity played an important role in racial reform during the period between Emancipation and the civil rights movement. <p
 

Contents

Introduction
1
Christianizing the South
9
The Redemption of Africa
30
In Search of Civil Equity
57
The Savage End of an Era Barbarism and Time Unredeemed
89
Education for Service
125
Urban Mission
159
A Prophetic Minority at the Nadir
193
A Prophetic Minority from the Nadir to the NAACP
231
Theologies of Race Relations
268
Conclusion
312
Notes
325
Bibliographical Essay
419
Index
433
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Ralph E. Luker, adjunct professor of history at Morehouse College, is author of the Historical Dictionary of the Civil Rights Movement and editor of the memoirs of Mary White Ovington.

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