God with Us: Lived Theology and the Freedom Struggle in Americus, Georgia, 1942-1976

For many, the struggle over civil rights was not just about lunch counters, waiting rooms, or even access to the vote; it was also about Christian theology. Since both activists and segregationists ardently claimed that God was on their side, racial issues were imbued with religious meanings from all sides. Whether in the traditional sanctuaries of the major white Protestant denominations, in the mass meetings in black churches, or in Christian expressions of interracialism, southerners resisted, pursued, and questioned racial change within various theological traditions.

God with Us examines the theological struggle over racial justice through the story of one southern town--Americus, Georgia--where ordinary Americans sought and confronted racial change in the twentieth century. Documenting the passion and virulence of these contestations, this book offers insight into how midcentury battles over theology and race affected the rise of the Religious Right and indeed continue to resonate deeply in American life.

Author: Ansley L. Quiros
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 11/19/2018
Pages: 308
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 9.49h x 7.82w x 0.79d
ISBN13: 9781469646763
ISBN10: 1469646765
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | African American & Black Studies
- Religion | Christianity | History
- History | United States | State & Local | South (AL,AR,FL,GA,KY,LA,MS,