{"product_id":"a-theology-of-brotherhood-curtis-j-evans-9781479820443","title":"A Theology of Brotherhood: The Federal Council of Churches and the Problem of Race","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExamines the influence of the Federal Council of Churches' Department of Race Relations\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Theology of Brotherhood explores how the national umbrella Christian organization, the Federal Council of Churches, acted as a crucial conduit and organizational force for the dissemination of \"progressive\" views on race in the first half of the twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on years of archival research, Curtis J. Evans shows that the Council's theological approach to race, and in particular its anti-lynching campaign, were responsible for meaningful progress in some white Protestant churches on racial issues. The book highlights the contributions that their religious vision made in expanding and propagating a civic nationalist tradition that was grounded in a \"universal brotherhood\" and belief in the equality of all human beings, over against a racial nationalist ideology that conceived of America in ethno-racial terms. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvans makes the case that this predominantly white religious organization contributed a distinctive religious voice to visions of a pluralistic democracy, racial and ethnic diversity, and social and political reform. The volume adds a missing voice to the literature on lynching in the early twentieth century, which tends to focus primarily on the NAACP and other secular organizations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Curtis J. Evans\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 147982044X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781479820443\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/06\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.10d","brand":"Curtis J. Evans","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44829739483391,"sku":"9781479820443","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a394b12f-93f3-4c64-a275-f37a777866db.jpg?v=1708451521","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-theology-of-brotherhood-curtis-j-evans-9781479820443","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}