×


 x 

Shopping cart
Adele Oltman - Sacred Mission, Worldly Ambition: Black Christian Nationalism in the Age of Jim Crow (Sarah Mills Hodge Fund Publication) - 9780820341262 - V9780820341262
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.

Sacred Mission, Worldly Ambition: Black Christian Nationalism in the Age of Jim Crow (Sarah Mills Hodge Fund Publication)

€ 41.16
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Sacred Mission, Worldly Ambition: Black Christian Nationalism in the Age of Jim Crow (Sarah Mills Hodge Fund Publication) Paperback. The study s use of local sources in Savannah, especially behind-the-scenes church records, provides a rare glimpse into church life and ritual, depicting scenes never before described. Blending history, ethnography, and Geertzian dramaturgy, it traces the evolution of black southern society." Series: Sarah Mills Hodge Fund Publication. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 349.

Using Savannah, Georgia, as a case study, Sacred Mission, Worldly Ambition tells the story of the rise and decline of Black Christian Nationalism. This nationalism emerged from the experiences of segregation, as an intersection between the sacred world of religion and church and the secular world of business. The premise of Black Christian Nationalism was a belief in a dual understanding of redemption, at the same time earthly and otherworldly, and the conviction that black Christians, once delivered from psychic, spiritual, and material want, would release all of America from the suffering that prevented it from achieving its noble ideals.... Read more

Show Less

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820341262
SKU
V9780820341262
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-17

About Adele Oltman
ADELE OLTMAN is a historian living in New York City.

Reviews for Sacred Mission, Worldly Ambition: Black Christian Nationalism in the Age of Jim Crow (Sarah Mills Hodge Fund Publication)
Oltman acutely, and at times brilliantly, illuminates the complex and fascinating lives of black Christians and their churches from the rise of Jim Crow to the early years of the civil rights movement. This is an extremely valuable historical work, surely one of the best and most sophisticated studies in black religious history that has ever been done. It should ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Sacred Mission, Worldly Ambition: Black Christian Nationalism in the Age of Jim Crow (Sarah Mills Hodge Fund Publication)


Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!