Black fundamentalists : conservative Christianity and racial identity in the segregation era / Daniel R. Bare.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bare, Daniel R., author.

Series:

NYU scholarship online.

NYU scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Religion--History--20th century.

African Americans.

Fundamentalism--United States--History--20th century.

Fundamentalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : 8 b/w illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, 2021.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

As the modernist-fundamentalist controversy came to a head in the early twentieth century, an image of the 'fighting fundamentalist' was imprinted on the American cultural consciousness. To this day, the word 'fundamentalist' often conjures the image of a fire-breathing preacher-strident, unyielding in conviction - and almost always white. But did this major religious perspective really stop cold in its tracks at the color line? 'Black Fundamentalists' challenges the idea that fundamentalism was an exclusively white phenomenon. It uncovers voices from the Black community that embraced the doctrinal tenets of the movement and, in many cases, explicitly self-identified as fundamentalists.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

1. "Filled to Overflowing": Black Weeklies and the Fundamentalist Presence

2. Formulating the Faith: The Five Fundamentals across Racial Lines

3. Polemics from the Pulpit: Antimodernist Preaching and Racial Applications

4. Religious Education and Interracial Cooperation: The American Baptist Theological Seminary

5. Contested Identities: Fundamentalism, Race, and Americanism

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 2, 2021).

ISBN:

1-4798-0325-1

OCLC:

1193557919