Faith, race, and the Lost Cause : confessions of a southern church / Christopher Alan Graham ; foreword by the Reverend Melanie Mullen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graham, Christopher Alan, author.

Contributor:

Mullen, Reverend Melanie, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Richmond, Va.)--History.

St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Richmond, Va.).

Racism--Religious aspects--Episcopal Church.

Racism.

Race relations--Religious aspects--Episcopal Church.

Race relations.

Lost Cause mythology.

Richmond (Va.)--Church history.

Richmond (Va.).

Genre:

History.

Church history.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 pages)

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville, Virginia : University of Virginia Press, [2023]

Summary:

"This accessible history of Richmond's (in)famous St. Paul's Episcopal Church, the church attended by Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis during the Civil War and a tourist magnet thereafter, emerged out of St. Paul's History and Reconciliation Initiative to chart the congregation's theological and secular views of race from the church's founding in 1845 to the present day. Faith, Race, and the Lost Cause thus interrogates the legacy of St. Paul's self-identified benevolent paternalism on the racial and religious geography of Richmond, and the epilogue reflects on what an authentic process of recognition and reparations might be, drawing useful lessons for White people in America writ large"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword / by Reverend Melanie Mullen

The Sacred Obligation of Slavery at St. Paul's

St. Paul's in War and after Emancipation

The Social Gospel in a Lost Cause Church

St. Paul's in Reaction

Effective Witness

Epilogue: Our Sacred Obligation Now.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Graham, Christopher Alan Faith, Race, and the Lost Cause

ISBN:

9780813948812

OCLC:

1351788579