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When heaven and earth collide : racism, southern evangelicals, and the better way of Jesus /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cross, Alan, 1974-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Montgomery : NewSouth Books, [2014]
Subjects:
Southern States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Southern States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Racism > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Southern States > History > 1865-1951.
Southern States > History > 1951-
Race discrimination > Southern States > History.
Race discrimination.
Race relations.
Southern States.
Since 1800
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Freedom riders
  • Evangelicals and southern civil religion
  • The subversion of Christianity
  • Souther religion: Greek philosophy or Christianity?
  • Civil rights, broken trust, and missed opportunity
  • What if the church had been different?
  • Five cultural platforms
  • What would Jesus have done?
  • The better way of Jesus
  • The church
  • Epilogue: Freedom riders and praying Christians, fifty years later.