At the Altar of Lynching - Burning Sam Hose in the American South

Offers a new interpretation of the lynching of Sam Hose through the lens of the religious culture in the evangelical American South.

List of contents

1. Before the burning: Southern mastery; 2. Sex, danger, and religion: facing a 'savage fury'; 3. Kindling the fire; 4. Burning Sam Hose; 5. Ashes: rape and history; 6. Ashes: the blind and sighted; 7. At the altar: crucifixion.

About the author

Donald G. Mathews has taught at Duke and Princeton Universities, as well as at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He has studied and written about religion and the South for over fifty years, publishing three books and over thirty articles. He is the author of Religion in the Old South (1979) and co-author of Sex, Gender, and the Politics of ERA (1993).

Summary

Renowned historian Donald G. Mathews offers a new interpretation of the lynching of Sam Hose, framing it as a religious and moral story within the culture of deeply-religious communities in the Jim Crow South. This book will appeal to those studying southern history, African American history, and Southern religion.

Product details

• Authors: Donald G. Mathews, Donald G. (University of North Carolina Mathews, Mathews Donald G.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9781107182974
• ISBN: 978-1-107-18297-4
• No. of pages: 354
• Series: Cambridge Studies on the Ameri; Cambridge Studies on the Ameri; Cambridge Studies on the American South
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, History of the Americas