This sweeping portrait of religion in the South puts race and culture at the center of more than a century of spiritual and political strife. Harvey deploys cultural history in fresh and innovative ways and fills a decades-old need for a comprehensive history of religion and its relationship to the central question of race in the South for the postbellum and twentieth-century period.
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"[A] rich, complex book. . . . An important contribution to the history of religion and race in the South."
— Anglican and Episcopal History
"Harvey has done it again. . . . An outstanding contribution to studies in American cultural and religious history."
— Baptist History-Heritage
"Harvey has produced a beautifully written, detailed, and textured work that history readers will savor."
— Choice
"[T]his book is a testimony to years of serious reflection on a mountain of material."
— The North Carolina Historical Review
"[W]ell written and accessible to anyone interested in the questions of race and religion in the South."
— The Alabama Review
"A wonderful book, useful for classes, well written and thoroughly researched."
— Church History
"[H]is interpretive theme of illusive freedom proves an effective way to make religion central to the overall southern story."
— Charles Reagan Wilson, University of Mississippi, general editor of The Encyclopedia of Southern Culture
— Anglican and Episcopal History
"Harvey has done it again. . . . An outstanding contribution to studies in American cultural and religious history."
— Baptist History-Heritage
"Harvey has produced a beautifully written, detailed, and textured work that history readers will savor."
— Choice
"[T]his book is a testimony to years of serious reflection on a mountain of material."
— The North Carolina Historical Review
"[W]ell written and accessible to anyone interested in the questions of race and religion in the South."
— The Alabama Review
"A wonderful book, useful for classes, well written and thoroughly researched."
— Church History
"[H]is interpretive theme of illusive freedom proves an effective way to make religion central to the overall southern story."
— Charles Reagan Wilson, University of Mississippi, general editor of The Encyclopedia of Southern Culture
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This sweeping portrait of religion in the South puts race and culture at the center of more than a century of spiritual and political strife. Harvey deploys cultural history in fresh and innovative ways and fills a decades-old need for a comprehensive history of religion and its relationship to the central question of race in the South for the postbellum and twentieth-century period.
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Paul Harvey is Professor of History and Presidential Teaching Scholar at the University of Colorado and "blogmeister" of the Religion in American History blog at http://usreligion.blogspot.com. His personal webpage is at http://paulharvey.org. You can follow Paul on twitter @pharvey61. Paul is also the co-author of the new book Jesus in Red, White, and Black: The Son of God and the Saga of Race in American History, which will be up on this author's page in 2012!
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North Carolina, Southern Baptist, African American, South Carolina, Civil War, Church of God, Jim Crow, New Orleans, World War, Martin Luther, New York, Freedom Summer, Delta Ministry, Holy Spirit, Methodist Episcopal Church, Chapel Hill, Los Angeles, Andrew Young, Lillian Smith, Little Rock, Sea Islands, Will Alexander, Charles Jones, Deep South, Democratic Party New!
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