God with us [electronic resource] : lived theology and the freedom struggle in Americus, Georgia, 1942-1976 / Ansley L. Quiros.

"God with us examines the theological struggle over racial justice through the story of one southern town--Americus, Georgia--where ordinary Americans sought and confronted racial change in the twentieth century. Documenting the passion and virulence of these contestations, this book offers insight...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Quiros, Ansley Lillian (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Subjects:	Civil rights movements > Georgia > Americus > History > 20th century. African Americans > Civil rights > Georgia > Americus > History > 20th century. Religion and sociology > Southern States. Americus (Ga.) > Religion > 20th century. Americus (Ga.) > Race relations.
Online Access:	EBSCO eBooks: 2018 (EBSCO) eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2018 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:	God with Us: Lived Theology and the Freedom Struggle in Americus, Georgia, 1942–1976
Format:	Electronic eBook

Contents:

Sweet Jesus and unbearable madness
Demonstration plot for the kingdom: the radical orthodoxy of Koinonia Farm
Lee Street theology: white southern protestantism in Americus, 1945-1963
Jesus, he's my brother: the black church, black theology, and the black freedom struggle in Americus
Marching to eternity: theology takes to the streets of Americus
The devil won, hands down: opposition in Americus
Kneeling-in: the theological struggle comes to church.