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Interracialism and Christian Community in the Postwar South - The Story of Koinonia Farm (Paperback, New Ed) Loot Price: R793
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Interracialism and Christian Community in the Postwar South - The Story of Koinonia Farm (Paperback, New Ed): Tracy Elaine...

Interracialism and Christian Community in the Postwar South - The Story of Koinonia Farm (Paperback, New Ed)

Tracy Elaine K'Meyer

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Now available in paperback, Tracy K'Meyer's book is a thoughtful and engaging portrait of Koinonia Farm, an interracial Christian cooperative founded in 1942 by two white Baptist ministers in southwest Georgia. The farm was begun as an expression of radical southern Protestantism, and its interracial nature made it a beacon to early civil rights activists, who rallied to its defense and helped it survive attacks from the Ku Klux Klan and others.

Based on over fifty interviews with current and former Koinonia members, K'Meyer's book provides a history, of the farm during its period of greatest influence. K'Meyer outlines the conceptual flaws that have troubled the community, but she finds that Koinonia's enduring effect as a social movement -- including Millard Fuller's founding of Habitat for Humanity, prompted by a 1965 visit to the farm -- is far more meaningful than its internal conflicts. For anyone in search of a hardy strain of Christian progressivism in the Bible Belt, reading K'Meyer's book is an inspiring and intellectually fulfilling experience in its own right.

General

Imprint: University of Virginia Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: June 1997
First published: June 1997
Authors: Tracy Elaine K'Meyer
Dimensions: 230 x 154 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: New Ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-8139-2002-3
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian communities & monasticism
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Multicultural studies > General
Books > History > American history > General
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian communities & monasticism
Books > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian communities & monasticism
LSN: 0-8139-2002-7
Barcode: 9780813920023

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