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Why did southern white evangelical Christians resist the civil
rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s? Simply put, they believed
the Bible told them so. These white Christians entered the battle
certain that God was on their side. Ultimately, the civil rights
movement triumphed in the 1960s and, with its success,
fundamentally transformed American society. But this victory did
little to change southern white evangelicals' theological
commitment to segregation. Rather than abandoning their
segregationist theology in the second half of the 1960s, white
evangelicals turned their focus on institutions they still
controlled-churches, homes, denominations, and private colleges and
secondary schools-and fought on. Focusing on the case of South
Carolina, The Bible Told Them So shows how, despite suffering
defeat in the public sphere, white evangelicals continued to battle
for their own institutions, preaching and practicing a
segregationist Christianity they continued to believe reflected
God's will. Increasingly caught in the tension between their
sincere belief that God desired segregation and their reluctance to
give voice to such ideas for fear of being perceived as bigoted or
intolerant, by the late 1960s southern white evangelicals embraced
the rhetoric of colorblindness and protection of the family as
measures to maintain both segregation and respectable social
standing. This strategy set southern white evangelicals on an
alternative path for race relations in the decades ahead.
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This book provides a comprehensive explanation of how the Mormons
have transformed from a hated and persecuted fringe group to a
well-established world religion with viable candidates for all
levels of American government. The Mormon tradition is unfamiliar
and mysterious to most Americans outside of the religion, and
understandably generates much curiosity. Mormons in American
Politics: From Persecution to Power provides an intellectual
foundation of Mormon development and emergence in politics,
comprehensively examining significant issues and developments from
historical, theological, cultural, and modern perspectives. The
work analyzes diverse, contemporary topics including Mormons in
popular culture, Mormon understandings of the Constitution, the
Mormon welfare program, Mormon opposition to same-sex marriage, and
the global expansion of Mormonism. The book is ideal for scholars
and students of American politics, history, and culture; Mormon
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general readers who are interested in Mormon religion and culture
or the rise of Mormon figures in mainstream American politics.
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