Soul liberty : the evolution of black religious politics in postemancipation Virginia

Soul liberty : the evolution of black religious politics in postemancipation Virginia /

"That churches are one of the most important cornerstones of black political organization is a commonplace. In this history of African American Protestantism and American politics at the end of the Civil War, Nicole Myers Turner challenges the idea of always-already-politically engaged black ch...

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Author / Contributor: Turner, Nicole Myers (Author)
Imprint: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2020]
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Subjects:
Enslaved persons > Emancipation > Virginia.
African American Christians > Political activity > Virginia.
African American Christians > Virginia > History > 19th century.
African American churches > Political activity > Virginia.
African American churches > Virginia > History > 19th century.
Virginia > Politics and government > 1865-1950.
Table of Contents:
  • Making a new religious freedom
  • Independent black church conventions, 1866-1868
  • Religion, race, and gender at the congregational level
  • Theological education, race relations, and gender, 1875-1882
  • Politics of engagement
  • Appendix 1. Black politicians and religious affiliations, 1865-1890
  • Appendix 2. Baptist Association membership and churches.

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