Civil Rights - Movements & Figures, United States - Ethnic & Race Relations, 20th Century American History - Civil Rights, Civil Rights - United States, Alabama - State & Local History, Civil Rights - African American History, Protestant Church History, A
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Donald E. Collins tells the story of the Alabama-West Florida Methodist Conference and its reactions to the civil rights movement. Part memoir and part historical analysis, Collins reflects on white Methodists' struggle to come to terms with their consciences in the face of racial change and the standards of Christianity's universal gospel. With events in Alabama during the civil rights movement as backdrop, Collins tells the story of the challenge that confronted the Methodist church and its ministers during those stormy years.Editorials
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Collins, a minister in the Alabama-West Florida Conference of the Methodist Church during the 1950s and 1960s, tells the story of the Conference's reactions to the civil rights movement and reflects on white Methodists' struggles to come to terms with their consciences in the face of racial change and the standards of Christianity's universal gospel. Based on Collins' own experiences and those of 55 ministers he interviewed. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
October 1, 1998
Publisher
Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, c1998.
Pages
177
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780865546059