Burning Faith
Church Arson in the American South
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2020
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New edition
University Press of Florida (Verlag)
978-0-8130-6830-5 (ISBN)
University Press of Florida (Verlag)
978-0-8130-6830-5 (ISBN)
In the 1990s, churches across the southeastern US were targeted and set ablaze. The arsonists predominately targeted African American congregations and captured the attention of the media nationwide. Using oral histories, newspaper accounts, and governmental reports, Christopher Strain gives a chronological account of the series of church fires.
In the 1990s, churches across the southeastern United States were targeted and set ablaze. These arsonists predominately targeted African American congregations and captured the attention of the media nationwide. Using oral histories, newspaper accounts, and governmental reports, Christopher Strain gives a chronological account of the series of church fires.
Burning Faith considers the various forces at work, including government responses, civil rights groups, religious forces, and media coverage, in providing a thorough, comprehensive analysis of the events and their fallout. Arguing that these church fires symbolize the breakdown of communal bonds in the nation, Strain appeals for the revitalization of united Americans and the return to a sense of community.
Combining scholarly sophistication with popular readability, Strain has produced one of the first histories of the last decade and demonstrates that the increasing fragmentation of community in America runs deeper than race relations or prejudice.
A volume in the series Southern Dissent, edited by Stanley Harrold and Randall M. Miller
In the 1990s, churches across the southeastern United States were targeted and set ablaze. These arsonists predominately targeted African American congregations and captured the attention of the media nationwide. Using oral histories, newspaper accounts, and governmental reports, Christopher Strain gives a chronological account of the series of church fires.
Burning Faith considers the various forces at work, including government responses, civil rights groups, religious forces, and media coverage, in providing a thorough, comprehensive analysis of the events and their fallout. Arguing that these church fires symbolize the breakdown of communal bonds in the nation, Strain appeals for the revitalization of united Americans and the return to a sense of community.
Combining scholarly sophistication with popular readability, Strain has produced one of the first histories of the last decade and demonstrates that the increasing fragmentation of community in America runs deeper than race relations or prejudice.
A volume in the series Southern Dissent, edited by Stanley Harrold and Randall M. Miller
Christopher B. Strain, professor of history and American studies at the Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University, is the author of Pure Fire: Self-Defense as Activism in the Civil Rights Era.
Erscheinungsdatum | 02.10.2020 |
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Reihe/Serie | Southern Dissent |
Zusatzinfo | 30 black & white illustrations |
Verlagsort | Florida |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 308 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-8130-6830-4 / 0813068304 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8130-6830-5 / 9780813068305 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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