Church People in the Struggle The National Council of Churches Black Freedom Movement, 1950 1970

an academic historian's objective and meticulously assembled account of the NCC's role in the struggle for racial justice throughout the 50s and 60s...this is the definitive account of the evolving relationship of the predominantly white, mainstream Protestant Churches to the Civil Rights movement. Klappentext This comprehensive study represents the first effort by an historian to examine the relationship of the mainstream Protestant churches to the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Focusing on the National Council of Churches, the principal ecumenical organization of the national Protestant religious establishment, the author draws on hitherto little-used or unknown archival resources and extensive interviews with participants. 21 halftones.Findlay examines the relationship between the the mainstream Protestant Churches and the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. His study makes clear the highly significant contribution made by liberal religious groups in this turbulent and historic decade of social change.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: James Findlay, James F. Findlay, James F. (Professor of History Findlay
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.10.1997
• Thema: Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Kulturgeschichte; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Soziologische Theorien
• EAN: 9780195118124
• ISBN: 978-0-19-511812-4
• Anzahl Seiten: 268
• Serie: Religion in America; Religion in America
• Themen: USA, Ethnic Studies, RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Human rights, civil rights, Black & Asian Studies, Protestantism & Protestant Churches, Protestantism and Protestant Churches, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General