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God's Long Summer : Stories of Faith and Civil Rights.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marsh, Charles.
- Series:
- Princeton Classics Series
- Princeton Classics Series ; v.142
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Civil rights--Mississippi--History--20th century.
- African Americans.
- Civil rights movements--Mississippi--History--20th century.
- Civil rights movements.
- Civil rights workers--Religious life--Mississippi--History--20th century.
- Civil rights workers.
- Civil rights--Mississippi--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Civil rights.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (321 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- No detailed description available for "God's Long Summer".
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface to the Princeton Classics Edition
- Preface to the 2008 Edition
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: With God on Our Side: Faiths in Conflict
- Chapter One. "I'm on My Way, Praise God": Mrs. Hamer's Fight for Freedom
- Sticking with Civil Rights
- The Beginning of a New Kingdom
- Questioning America
- The Welcome Table
- Chapter Two. High Priest of the Anti-Civil Rights Movement: The Calling of Sam Bowers
- The Making of a Christian Militant
- Patriots for Jesus
- The Warrior Priest
- Eliminating the Heretics
- Against the World Rulers of This Present Darkness
- Chapter Three. Douglas Hudgins: Theologian of the Closed Society
- The Closed Society
- An Uncluttered Life
- Civil Rights Distractions
- A Piety of the Pure Soul
- The Interior Battle
- Chapter Four. Inside Agitator: Ed King's Church Visits
- Breaking Free
- Inside Agitator
- The Church Visits
- Burying the Dead
- The Countercultural Christ
- Plates
- Chapter Five. Cleveland Sellers and the River of No Return
- Into the River
- The Long, Hot Summer
- Beyond the Beloved Community
- Black Power
- In the Rapids and Losing Control
- SNCC the Closed Society
- Conclusion: Clearburning: Fragments of a Reconciling Faith
- Afterword
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Selected Bibliography
- Interviews
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Marsh, Charles God's Long Summer
- ISBN:
- 9780691266367
- OCLC:
- 1441725853
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