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A Christ of two bodies: Alabama Baptists and Civil Rights
University of West Florida Libraries
Student Scholar Symposium & Faculty Research Showcase (University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, 2021)
2021
Abstract
Racism is historically intertwined with religion in the American South.
1948 survey held that near1y 99 percent of Black people that attended multiracial congregations claimed that their church enforced segregated seating.
Scholars have researched race and religion in the South extensively (see Jemar Tisby, Robert P. Jones, Julia Blackwelder)
Far less research on how Christians fought on both sides of racial justice.
Using Alabama Baptists during the Birmingham Campaign of 1963 as a representative case study, this research argues that southern Christians fought both for and against civil rights, but other than a few exceptions, these ideological schisms were roughly divided along racial lines.
Details
- Title
- A Christ of two bodies
- Resource Type
- Poster
- Event
- Student Scholar Symposium & Faculty Research Showcase (University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, 2021)
- Contributors
- Dr. Jamin Wells (Faculty Mentor)
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Libraries; Argo Scholar Commons
- Format
- pdf
- Copyright
- Permission granted to the University of West Florida Libraries to digitize and/or display this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires the permission of the copyright holder.
- Identifiers
- 99380090881706600
- Academic Unit
- History and Philosophy; College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities; Office of Undergraduate Research; 2021 Student Scholars Symposium and Faculty Research Showcase
- Language
- English