Mathews, Mary Beth Swetnam,

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

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African Americans--Religion--History--20th century.
Baptists--History--20th century.
Methodist Church--History--20th century.
Evangelicalism--History--United States--20th century.
Fundamentalism--History--United States--20th century.
RELIGION / Christianity / Baptist


United States--Church history--20th century.


Electronic books.

BR563.N4 / M294 2017

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