Shattuck, Gardiner H. <br/><br/>
Episcopalians and Race  Civil War to Civil Rights. 

 - Lexington :  The University Press of Kentucky,  (c)2000. 
 - 1 online resource (329 pages). 
 - Religion in the South .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Segregation; 1. Racial Paternalism and Christian Mission after the Civil War; 2. Negro Work and the Decline of the Jim Crow Church; Part II: Integration; 3. The Impact of the Brown Decision; 4. Theology, Social Activism, and the Founding of ESCRU; 5. The Church's Response to the Civil Rights Crisis; 6. Christian Witness and Racial Integration in the Deep South; Part III: Fragmentation; 7. Black Power and the Urban Crisis in the North; 8. Backlash and the End of the Civil Rights Era; Epilogue; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E. Fg; h; i; j; k; l; m; n; o; p; q; r; s; t; u; v; w; y; z. 
<br/><br/> Meeting at an African American college in North Carolina in 1959, a group of black and white Episcopalians organized the Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity and pledged to oppose all distinctions based on race, ethnicity, and social class. They adopted a motto derived from Psalm 133: """"Behold, how good and joyful a thing it is, for brethren to dwell together in unity!"""" Though the spiritual intentions of these individuals were positive, the reality of the association between blacks and whites in the church was much more complicated. Episcopalians and Race examines the often amb. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813148472 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Episcopal Church--History--19th century.<br/>Episcopal Church--History--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Race relations--Religious aspects--Episcopal Church--History--19th century.<br/>Race relations--Religious aspects--Episcopal Church--History--20th century.<br/>Episcopal Church--History--19th century.<br/>Episcopal Church--History--20th century.<br/>Race relations--Religious aspects--Episcopal Church--History--19th century.<br/>Race relations--Religious aspects--Episcopal Church--History--20th century.<br/>United States--Race relations--History--19th century.<br/>United States--Race relations--History--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BX5979  / .E657 2000