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In the first In the first biography of Martin Luther King to look
at his life through the prism of his evolving faith, distinguished
historian Paul Harvey examines Martin Luther King's life through
his complex, emerging, religious lives. Harvey will introduce many
readers, perhaps for the first or only time, to the King of diverse
religious and intellectual influences, of an increasingly radical
cast of thought, and of a melange of intellectual influences that
he aligned in becoming the spokesperson for the most important
social movement of twentieth-century American history. Not only
does Harvey chronicle King's metamorphosis and its impact on
American and African American life, but he seeks to explain his
"afterlives"-how in American culture King became transformed into a
mainstream civil saint, shorn of his radical religious critique of
how power functioned in America. Harvey's concise biography will
allow readers to see King anew in the context of his time and
today.
Through the Storm, Through the Night provides a lively overview of
the history of African American religion, beginning with the birth
of African Christianity amidst the Transatlantic slave trade, and
tracing the story through its growth in America. Noted author and
historian Paul Harvey illustrates how black Christian traditions
provided theological, institutional, and personal strategies for
cultural survival during bondage and into an era of partial
freedom. At the same time, Harvey covers the ongoing tug-of-war
between themes of "respectability" versus practices derived from an
African heritage; the adoption of Christianity by the majority of
African Americans; and the critique of the adoption of the "white
man's religion" from the eighteenth century to the present. The
book also covers internal cultural, gendered, and class divisions
in churches that attracted congregants of widely disparate
educational levels, incomes, and worship styles.
The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Race in American History brings
together a number of established scholars, as well as younger
scholars on the rise, to provide a scholarly overview for those
interested in the role of religion and race in American history.
Thirty-four scholars from the fields of History, Religious Studies,
Sociology, Anthropology, and more investigate the complex
interdependencies of religion and race from pre-Columbian origins
to the present. The volume addresses the religious experience,
social realities, theologies, and sociologies of racialized groups
in American religious history, as well as the ways that religious
myths, institutions, and practices contributed to their
racialization. Part One begins with a broad introductory survey
outlining some of the major terms and explaining the intersections
of race and religions in various traditions and cultures across
time. Part Two provides chronologically arranged accounts of
specific historical periods that follow a narrative of religion and
race through four-plus centuries. Taken together, The Oxford
Handbook of Religion and Race in American History provides a
reliable scholarly text and resource to summarize and guide work in
this subject, and to help make sense of contemporary issues and
dilemmas.
There is an "American Way" to religion and race unlike anyplace
else in the world, and the rise of religious pluralism in
contemporary American (together with the continuing legacy of the
racism of the past and misapprehensions in the present) render its
understanding crucial. Paul Harvey's Bounds of Their Habitation,
the latest installment in the acclaimed American Ways Series,
concisely surveys the evolution and interconnection of race and
religion throughout American history. Harvey pierces through the
often overly academic treatments afforded these essential topics to
accessibly delineate a narrative between our nation's revolutionary
racial and religious beginnings, and our increasingly contested and
pluralistic future. Anyone interested in the paths America's racial
and religious histories have traveled, where they've most
profoundly intersected, and where they will go from here, will
thoroughly enjoy this book and find its perspectives and purpose
essential for any deeper understanding of the soul of the American
nation.
A 2013 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title. How is it that in America
the image of Jesus Christ has been used both to justify the
atrocities of white supremacy and to inspire the righteousness of
civil rights crusades? In The Color of Christ, Edward J. Blum and
Paul Harvey weave a tapestry of American dreams and visions - from
witch hunts to web pages, Harlem to Hollywood, slave cabins to
South Park, Mormon revelations to Indian reservations - to show how
Americans remade the Son of God visually time and again into a
sacred symbol of their greatest aspirations, deepest terrors, and
mightiest strivings for racial power and justice. The Color of
Christ uncovers how, in a country founded by Puritans who destroyed
depictions of Jesus, Americans came to believe in the whiteness of
Christ. Some envisioned a white Christ who would sanctify the
exploitation of Native Americans and African Americans and bless
imperial expansion. Many others gazed at a messiah, not necessarily
white, who was willing and able to confront white supremacy. The
color of Christ still symbolizes America's most combustible
divisions, revealing the power and malleability of race and
religion from colonial times to the presidency of Barack Obama.
The history of race and religion in the American South is infused
with tragedy, survival, and water--from St. Augustine on the shores
of Florida's Atlantic Coast to the swampy mire of Jamestown to the
floodwaters that nearly destroyed New Orleans. Determination,
resistance, survival, even transcendence, shape the story of race
and southern Christianities. In Christianity and Race in the
American South, Paul Harvey gives us a narrative history of the
South as it integrates into the story of religious history,
fundamentally transforming our understanding of the importance of
American Christianity and religious identity. Harvey chronicles the
diversity and complexity in the intertwined histories of race and
religion in the South, dating back to the first days of European
settlement. He presents a history rife with strange alliances,
unlikely parallels, and far too many tragedies, along the way
illustrating that ideas about the role of churches in the South
were critically shaped by conflicts over slavery and race that
defined southern life more broadly. Race, violence, religion, and
southern identity remain a volatile brew, and this book is the
persuasive historical examination that is essential to making sense
of it.
The history of race and religion in the American South is infused
with tragedy, survival, and water from St. Augustine on the shores
of Florida's Atlantic Coast to the swampy mire of Jamestown to the
floodwaters that nearly destroyed New Orleans. Determination,
resistance, survival, even transcendence, shape the story of race
and southern Christianities. In Christianity and Race in the
American South, Paul Harvey gives us a narrative history of the
South as it integrates into the story of religious history,
fundamentally transforming our understanding of the importance of
American Christianity and religious identity. Harvey chronicles the
diversity and complexity in the intertwined histories of race and
religion in the South, dating back to the first days of European
settlement. He presents a history rife with strange alliances,
unlikely parallels, and far too many tragedies, along the way
illustrating that ideas about the role of churches in the South
were critically shaped by conflicts over slavery and race that
defined southern life more broadly. Race, violence, religion, and
southern identity remain a volatile brew, and this book is the
persuasive historical examination that is essential to making sense
of it.
This pack contains 1 of each of the following 9 titles: The
Misadventures of Charles Darwin, The Show Must Go On!,
Revolutionary Robots, How to Change the World, Mayan Mystery, So
You Want to Build a Castle?, Generation Energy, Thomas Heatherwick:
Designer and Castaway. TreeTops inFact\~is a non-fiction series
that aims to engage children in reading for pleasure as powerfully
as fiction does. The variety of topics means there are books to
interest every child in this compelling series.\~The series is
written by top children's authors and subject experts. The books
are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every child to the
right book. Each book contains inside cover notes to help children
explore the content, supporting their reading development. Teaching
notes on Oxford Owl offer cross-curricular links and activities to
support guided reading, writing, speaking and listening.
This pack contains 6 of each of the following 9 titles: The
Misadventures of Charles Darwin, The Show Must Go On!,
Revolutionary Robots, How to Change the World, Mayan Mystery, So
You Want to Build a Castle?, Generation Energy, Thomas Heatherwick:
Designer and Castaway. TreeTops inFact\~is a non-fiction series
that aims to engage children in reading for pleasure as powerfully
as fiction does. The variety of topics means there are books to
interest every child in this compelling series.\~The series is
written by top children's authors and subject experts. The books
are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every child to the
right book. Each book contains inside cover notes to help children
explore the content, supporting their reading development. Teaching
notes on Oxford Owl offer cross-curricular links and activities to
support guided reading, writing, speaking and listening.
This is the leading work on forensic medicine and the law in the
UK. Written by a team of leading legal practitioners, pathologists
and other experts, this Seventh Edition has been fully revised to
bring it up to date with the latest legal, medical and scientific
developments. It is the only book directed at both the legal
practitioner and the expert medical witness. It provides unique
commentary on the law in all three UK jurisdictions: England and
Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. It guides experts on their
role and duties to the courts and highlights areas of current
scientific and legal controversy with additional reference sources.
In addition to two new chapters on forensic psychiatry and forensic
science, the Seventh Edition includes updates and new material on:
- Introduction to medicine, the systems of the body and autopsy
procedure - Forensic medicine covering assaults, firearms, head
injuries, road traffic collisions, falls, asphyxia, drowning,
hypothermia, and heat and electricity - Sexual offences, deaths in
detention, forensic odontology and toxicology - Guidance for the
expert medical witness on giving evidence in the UK courts,
covering the UK’s criminal justice systems, coroners’ courts
and fatal accident inquiries This title is included in Bloomsbury
Professional's Personal Injury Law online service.
Of late, religion seems to be everywhere, suffusing U.S.
politics and popular culture and acting as both a unifying and a
divisive force. This collection of manifestos, Supreme Court
decisions, congressional testimonies, speeches, articles, book
excerpts, pastoral letters, interviews, song lyrics, memoirs, and
poems reflects the vitality, diversity, and changing nature of
religious belief and practice in American public and private life
over the last half century. Encompassing a range of perspectives,
this book illustrates the ways in which individuals from all along
the religious and political spectrum have engaged religion and
viewed it as a crucial aspect of society.
The anthology begins with documents that reflect the close
relationship of religion, especially mainline Protestantism, to
essential ideas undergirding Cold War America. Covering both the
center and the margins of American religious life, this volume
devotes extended attention to how issues of politics, race, gender,
and sexuality have influenced the religious mainstream. A series of
documents reflects the role of religion and theology in the civil
rights, feminist, and gay rights movements as well as in
conservative responses. Issues regarding religion and contemporary
American culture are explored in documents about the rise of the
evangelical movement and the religious right; the impact of "new"
(post-1965) immigrant communities on the religious landscape; the
popularity of alternative, New Age, and non-Western beliefs; and
the relationship between religion and popular culture.
The editors conclude with selections exploring major themes of
American religious life at the millennium, including both
conservative and New Age millennialism, as well as excerpts that
speculate on the future of religion in the United States.
The documents are grouped by theme into nine chapters and
arranged chronologically therein. Each chapter features an
extensive introduction providing context for and analysis of the
critical issues raised by the primary sources.
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" is arguably
the most important written document of the civil rights protest era
and a widely read modern literary classic. Personally addressed to
eight white Birmingham clergy who sought to avoid violence by
publicly discouraging King's civil rights demonstrations in
Birmingham, the nationally published "Letter" captured the essence
of the struggle for racial equality and provided a blistering
critique of the gradualist approach to racial justice. It soon
became part of American folklore, and the image of King penning his
epistle from a prison cell remains among the most moving of the
era. Yet, as S. Jonathan Bass explains in the first comprehensive
history of King's "Letter," this image and the piece's literary
appeal conceal a much more complex tale. This updated edition of
Blessed Are the Peacemakers includes a new foreword by Paul Harvey,
a new afterword by James C. Cobb, and a new epilogue by the author.
Contributing Authors Include David Pressman, Felix Haurowitz,
Jerrold M. Yos And Many Others. A Symposium Sponsored By The Office
Of Naval Research And Arranged By The American Institute Of
Biological Science Held In Washington D. C., October 28-29, 1955.
Contributing Authors Include David Pressman, Felix Haurowitz,
Jerrold M. Yos And Many Others. A Symposium Sponsored By The Office
Of Naval Research And Arranged By The American Institute Of
Biological Science Held In Washington D. C., October 28-29, 1955.
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