TY - BOOK AU - Savage,Barbara Dianne TI - Your Spirits Walk Beside Us: The Politics of Black Religion SN - 9780674043114 U1 - 277.308208996073 23 PY - 2012///] CY - Cambridge, MA PB - Harvard University Press KW - African American churches KW - Political activity KW - Political aspects KW - African American clergy KW - African Americans KW - Politics and government KW - 20th century KW - Christianity and politics KW - History KW - United States KW - Civil rights movements KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1. The Reformation of the “Negro Church” --; 2. Illusions of Black Religion --; 3. In Pursuit of Pentecost --; 4. The Advent to Civil Rights --; 5. Southern Black Liberal Protestantism --; 6. A Religious Rebellion --; 7. Reconcilable Differences --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Index; restricted access N2 - Even before the emergence of the civil rights movement, African American religion and progressive politics were assumed to be inextricably intertwined. Savage counters this assumption with the story of a highly diversified religious community whose debates over engagement in the struggle for racial equality were as vigorous as they were persistent UR - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674043114?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674043114 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674043114/original ER -