Ebook202 pages5 hours
Church, State, and Race: The Discourse of American Religious Liberty, 1750–1900
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this ebook
This book uses the discourse of religious liberty, often expressed as one favoring a separation between church and state, to explore racial differences during an era of American empire building (1750–1900). Discussions of religious liberty in America during this time often revolved around the fitness of certain ethnic or racial groups to properly exercise their freedom of conscience. Significant fear existed that groups outside the Anglo-Protestant mainstream might somehow undermine the American experiment in ordered republican liberty. Hence, repeated calls could be heard for varying forms of assimilation to normative Protestant ideals about religious expression. Though Americans pride themselves on their secular society, it is worth interrogating the exclusive and even violent genealogy of such secular values. When doing so, it is important to understand the racial limitations of the discourse of religious freedom for various aspects of American political culture. The following account of the history of religious liberty seeks to destabilize the widespread assumption that the dominant American culture inevitably trends toward greater freedom in the realm of personal expression.
Related to Church, State, and Race
Related ebooks
Slavery's Long Shadow: Race and Reconciliation in American Christianity Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSouthern Crucifix, Southern Cross: Catholic-Protestant Relations in the Old South Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRedeeming the South: Religious Cultures and Racial Identities Among Southern Baptists, 1865-1925 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Recovering the Margins of American Religious History: The Legacy of David Edwin Harrell Jr. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe First Prejudice: Religious Tolerance and Intolerance in Early America Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAt Ease in Zion: Social History of Southern Baptists, 1865-1900 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDeclarations of Dependence: The Long Reconstruction of Popular Politics in the South, 1861-1908 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWindow on Freedom: Race, Civil Rights, and Foreign Affairs, 1945-1988 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Confluence of Transatlantic Networks: Elites, Capitalism, and Confederate Migration to Brazil Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHome for Wayward Boys, A: The Early History of the Alabama Boys’ Industrial School Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFreedom Burning: Anti-Slavery and Empire in Victorian Britain Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Intimate States: Gender, Sexuality, and Governance in Modern US History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSearching for Freedom after the Civil War: Klansman, Carpetbagger, Scalawag, and Freedman Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBonds of Union: Religion, Race, and Politics in a Civil War Borderland Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhite Flight/Black Flight: The Dynamics of Racial Change in an American Neighborhood Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRace and Reckoning: From Founding Fathers to Today's Disruptors Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Answering the Call: An Autobiography of the Modern Struggle to End Racial Discrimination in America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Roots of Secession: Slavery and Politics in Antebellum Virginia Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Science, race relations and resistance: Britain, 1870–1914 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsComing Home: How Black Americans Will Re-Elect Trump Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlack New Jersey: 1664 to the Present Day Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA New Kind of Youth: Historically Black High Schools and Southern Student Activism, 1920–1975 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDenmark Vesey's Bible: The Thwarted Revolt That Put Slavery and Scripture on Trial Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Postwar: Waging Peace in Chicago Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsInner-City Blues: Black Theology and Black Poverty in the United States Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlack Southerners: 1619-1869 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCivil Rights in South Carolina: From Peaceful Protests to Groundbreaking Rulings Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA New South Rebellion: The Battle against Convict Labor in the Tennessee Coalfields, 1871-1896 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRoger B. Taney: Jacksonian Jurist Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Social Science For You
The Body Is Not an Apology, Second Edition: The Power of Radical Self-Love Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Secret Garden: Women's Sexual Fantasies Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Like Switch: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Influencing, Attracting, and Winning People Over Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Come As You Are: Revised and Updated: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All About Love: New Visions Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Art of Witty Banter: Be Clever, Quick, & Magnetic Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5100 Amazing Facts About the Negro with Complete Proof Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fervent: A Woman's Battle Plan to Serious, Specific, and Strategic Prayer Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row (Oprah's Book Club Selection) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Denial of Death Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A People's History of the United States Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Human Condition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I Don't Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Great Reset: And the War for the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Just Mercy: a story of justice and redemption Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for Church, State, and Race
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Church, State, and Race - Ryan P. Jordan
Enjoying the preview?
Page 1 of 1