From reconciliation to revolution: the Student Interracial Ministry, Liberal Christianity, and the Civil Rights Movement
"Conceived at the same conference that produced the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Student Interracial Ministry (SIM) was a national organization devoted to dismantling Jim Crow while simultaneously advancing American churches' approach to race. In this book, David C...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina Press
[2016]
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| In: | Year: 2016 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Cline, David P., From Reconciliation to Revolution: The Student Interracial Ministry, Liberal Christianity, and the Civil Rights Movement] (2018) (Gill, Jill K.)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Student Interracial Ministry
/ Civil rights movement
/ History
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| Further subjects: | B
Student Interracial Ministry
B Race Relations Religious aspects Christianity History 20th century B United States Race relations History 20th century B Civil rights movements (United States) History 20th century B African Americans Civil rights History 20th century B Civil Rights Religious aspects Christianity History 20th century |
| Summary: | "Conceived at the same conference that produced the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Student Interracial Ministry (SIM) was a national organization devoted to dismantling Jim Crow while simultaneously advancing American churches' approach to race. In this book, David Cline details how, between the founding of SIM in 1960 and its dissolution at the end of the decade, the seminary students who created and ran the organization influenced hundreds of thousands of community members through its various racial reconciliation and economic justice projects"-- Preface: a tale of two gatherings -- "So that none shall be afraid": establishing and building the Student Interracial Ministry, 1960-1961 -- To be both prophet and pastor: crossing racial lines in pulpits and public spaces, 1961-1962 -- "These walls will shake": new forms of ministry for changing times, 1962-1965 -- Into the heart of the beast: ministry in the fields and towns of Southwest Georgia, 1965-1968 -- Seminarians in the secular city: embracing urban ministry, 1965-1970 -- Seminaries in the storm: theological education and the collapse of SIM, 1967-1968 |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-259) and index |
| ISBN: | 1469630427 |