To raise up the South : Sunday schools in Black and White churches, 1865-1915 / Sally G. McMillen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McMillen, Sally G. (Sally Gregory), 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sunday schools--Southern States--History--19th century.

Sunday schools.

Sunday schools--Southern States--History--20th century.

History.

Southern States.

Physical Description:

xviii, 297 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, music ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2001]

Summary:

In the half century after the Civil War, evangelical southerners turned increasingly to Sunday schools as a means of rejuvenating their destitute region and adjusting to an ever-modernizing world. By educating children -- and, later, adults -- in Sunday school and exposing them to Christian teachings, biblical truths, and exemplary behavior, southerners felt certain that a better world would emerge and cast aside the death and destruction wrought by the Civil War. In this groundbreaking study, Sally G. McMillen offers an examination of Sunday schools in seven black and white denominations and reveals their vital role in the larger quest for southern redemption. Integrating the study of race, class, gender, and religion, To Raise Up the South provides an exciting new lens through which to view the turbulent years of Reconstruction and the emergence of the New South as it charts the rise of an institution that became a mainstay in the lives of millions of southerners.

Contents:

1 A Cure for the South 1

2 Reconstructing the South 26

3 Reclaiming Our Children's Souls 55

4 Uplift and Redemption through the Published Word 89

5 Inside the Sunday Classroom 121

6 Race and the Sunday School 163

7 The Modern Southern Sunday School 194

8 An Incomplete Cure 224.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-288) and index.

ISBN:

0807127256

0807127493

OCLC:

46991668