Doctrine and race : African American evangelicals and fundamentalism between the wars /
Mary Beth Swetnam Mathews.
- 1 online resource (pages cm.)
- Religion and American culture .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. "Too Frequently They Are Led Astray": White Fundamentalists and Race; 2. "What Is the Matter with White Baptists?": African Americans' Initial Encounters with Fundamentalism; 3. "We Need No New Doctrine for This New Day": African Americans Adapt Fundamentalism; 4. "Only the Gilded Staircase to Destruction": African American Protestants Confront the Social Challenges of Modernity; 5. "And This Is Where the White Man's Christianity Breaks Down": Race Relations and Ecclesiology in the Era of Lynchings and Jim Crow; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography