The Bible told them so : how Southern Evangelicals fought to preserve white supremacy / J. Russell Hawkins.

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"The Bible Told Them So explains why southern white evangelical Christians in South Carolina resisted the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. Simply put, they believed the Bible told them so. Interpreting the Bible in such a way, these white Christians entered the battle against the civil...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hawkins, J. Russell (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
South Carolina > Church history > 20th century.
Segregation > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Segregation > South Carolina > History > 20th century.
Christians, White > South Carolina > History.
White supremacy movements > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Baptists > South Carolina.
Methodists > South Carolina.
Racism > Religious aspects > Christianity.
South Carolina > Race relations.
Baptists.
Christians, White.
Methodists.
Race relations.
Segregation.
South Carolina.
1900-1999
Church history.
History.
Genre:
Church history.
History.
Physical Description:xii, 210 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: "As old as the Scriptures..."
  • Not in our church : congregational backlash to Brown v. Board of Education
  • The Bible told them so : the theological foundation of segregationist Christianity
  • Jim Crow on Christian campuses : the desegregation of Furman and Wofford
  • Natural affinities, mutual appreciation, voluntary consent : the Methodist merger and the transformation of segregationist Christianity
  • Focusing on the family : private schools and the new shape of segregationist Christianity
  • Epilogue: the heirs of segregationist Christianity.