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Examines the history of African American Baptists and Methodists of the early twentieth century. By presenting African American Protestantism in the context of white Protestant fundamentalism, this study demonstrates that African American Protestants were acutely aware of the manner in which white Christianity operated and how they could use that knowledge to justify social change.

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Mathews deals with the connection between African American religion and the quest for racial equality. Her focus is unique: she looks at the subject from the perspective fundamentalism, as practiced by conservative Protestants, both black and white, in the years from 1915 to 1941. Recommended."" - Choice

""Doctrine and Race—which considers the evolution of black evangelicals during the interwar period through their struggle with the modernist controversies and white fundamentalism’s rise—is an extremely welcome contribution to the study of black religious history."" - Clarence E. Hardy III, author of James Baldwin’s God: Sex, Hope, and Crisis in Black Holiness Culture

Doctrine and Race

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      Publisher The University of Alabama Press
      Published 2/28/2018 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780817359188
      978-0817359188
      ISBN-10 0817359184
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      Ethnic studies / Ethnicity Religious intoleranceand conflict

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examines the history of African American Baptists and Methodists of the early twentieth century. By presenting African American Protestantism in the context of white Protestant fundamentalism, this study demonstrates that African American Protestants were acutely aware of the manner in which white Christianity operated and how they could use that knowledge to justify social change.

      Trade Review
      Mathews deals with the connection between African American religion and the quest for racial equality. Her focus is unique: she looks at the subject from the perspective fundamentalism, as practiced by conservative Protestants, both black and white, in the years from 1915 to 1941. Recommended."" - Choice

      ""Doctrine and Race—which considers the evolution of black evangelicals during the interwar period through their struggle with the modernist controversies and white fundamentalism’s rise—is an extremely welcome contribution to the study of black religious history."" - Clarence E. Hardy III, author of James Baldwin’s God: Sex, Hope, and Crisis in Black Holiness Culture

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