Soul Liberty
That churches are one of the most important cornerstones of black political organization is a commonplace. In this history of African American Protestantism and American politics at the end of the Civil War, Nicole Myers Turner challenges the idea of black churches as having always been politically...
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| description | That churches are one of the most important cornerstones of black political organization is a commonplace. In this history of African American Protestantism and American politics at the end of the Civil War, Nicole Myers Turner challenges the idea of black churches as having always been politically engaged. Using local archives, church and convention minutes, and innovative Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping, Turner reveals how freedpeople in Virginia adapted strategies for pursuing the freedom of their souls to worship as they saw fit—and to participate in society completely in the evolving landscape of emancipation. Freedpeople, for both evangelical and electoral reasons, were well aware of the significance of the physical territory they occupied, and they sought to organize the geographies that they could in favor of their religious and political agendas at the outset of Reconstruction. As emancipation included opportunities to purchase properties, establish black families, and reconfigure gender roles, the ministry became predominantly male, a development that affected not only discourses around family life but also the political project of crafting, defining, and teaching freedom. After freedmen obtained the right to vote, an array of black-controlled institutions increasingly became centers for political organizing on the basis of networks that mirrored those established earlier by church associations. We are proud to announce that this book will also be published as an enhanced open-access e-book on a companion website hosted by Fulcrum, an innovative publishing platform launched by Michigan Publishing at the University of Michigan Library. The Fulcrum version of the book can be located using this link: https://doi.org/10.5149/9781469655253_Turner. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1215712025-03-20T16:07:16Z Soul Liberty Turner, Nicole Myers 19th century African American History African Americans Church History black church history Reconstruction in Virginia African American Religious History Emancipation in Virginia African American Political History Gender and race Race relations in postemancipation south History of Black churches Black church studies African Americans in Virginia History of Christianity Church history, 1700-1899 Baptist church history in Virginia Episcopal Church history in Virginia Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Church History Black manhood and womanhood Theological education That churches are one of the most important cornerstones of black political organization is a commonplace. In this history of African American Protestantism and American politics at the end of the Civil War, Nicole Myers Turner challenges the idea of black churches as having always been politically engaged. Using local archives, church and convention minutes, and innovative Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping, Turner reveals how freedpeople in Virginia adapted strategies for pursuing the freedom of their souls to worship as they saw fit—and to participate in society completely in the evolving landscape of emancipation. Freedpeople, for both evangelical and electoral reasons, were well aware of the significance of the physical territory they occupied, and they sought to organize the geographies that they could in favor of their religious and political agendas at the outset of Reconstruction. As emancipation included opportunities to purchase properties, establish black families, and reconfigure gender roles, the ministry became predominantly male, a development that affected not only discourses around family life but also the political project of crafting, defining, and teaching freedom. After freedmen obtained the right to vote, an array of black-controlled institutions increasingly became centers for political organizing on the basis of networks that mirrored those established earlier by church associations. We are proud to announce that this book will also be published as an enhanced open-access e-book on a companion website hosted by Fulcrum, an innovative publishing platform launched by Michigan Publishing at the University of Michigan Library. The Fulcrum version of the book can be located using this link: https://doi.org/10.5149/9781469655253_Turner. 2023-11-16T11:28:41Z 2023-11-16T11:28:41Z 2023-10-04T14:18:19Z 2020 book ONIX_20231004_9798890857620_6 OCN: 1142012122 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/76554 9798890857620 9781469655246 9781469655239 9781469655222 9781469655253 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/121571 eng open access image/png image/png image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/76554/2/9781469655246.epub https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/76554/2/9781469655246.epub https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/76554/1/9798890857620.pdf The University of North Carolina Press The University of North Carolina Press 10.5149/9781469655246_Turner 10.5149/9781469655246_Turner f46e5319-8d09-4c63-b9f2-a13480694ab4 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 0cdc3d7c-5c59-49ed-9dba-ad641acd8fd1 9798890857620 9781469655246 9781469655239 9781469655222 9781469655253 The University of North Carolina Press 232 Chapel Hill [...] open access |
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