Hawkins, J. Russell, <br/><br/>
The Bible told them so :  how Southern Evangelicals fought to preserve white supremacy / 
J. Russell Hawkins. 
 - xii, 210 pages ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-202) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: "As old as the Scriptures..." -- Not in our church : congregational backlash to Brown v. Board of Education -- The bounds of their habitation : the theological foundation of segregationist Christianity -- Jim Crow on Christian campuses : the desegregation of Furman and Wofford -- Embracing colorblindness : the Methodist merger and the transformation of segregationist Christianity -- Focusing on the family : private schools and the new shape of segregationist Christianity -- Epilogue: the heirs of segregationist Christianity. 
<br/><br/> "The Bible Told Them So explains why southern white evangelical Christians in South Carolina resisted the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. Simply put, they believed the Bible told them so. Interpreting the Bible in such a way, these white Christians entered the battle against the civil rights movement certain that God was on their side. Ultimately, the civil rights movement triumphed in the 1960s and, with its success, fundamentally transformed American society. But such a victory did little to change southern white evangelicals' theological commitment to segregation. Rather than abandoning their segregationist theology in the second half of the 1960s, white evangelicals turned their focus on institutions they still controlled--churches, homes, denominations, and private colleges and secondary schools--and fought on. Despite suffering defeat in the public sphere, white evangelicals continued to battle for their own institutions, preaching and practicing a segregationist Christianity they continued to believe reflected God's will. Increasingly caught in the tension between their sincere beliefs that God desired segregation and their reticence to vocalize such ideas for fear of seeming bigoted or intolerant by the late 1960s, southern white evangelicals eventually embraced rhetoric of colorblindness and protection of the family as measures to maintain both segregation and respectable social standing. Such a strategy set southern white evangelicals on an alternative path for race relations in the decades ahead"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780197571064 0197571069 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2020058623 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBC175011  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>020193494  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>1900-1999 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Segregation--Religious aspects--Christianity.<br/>Segregation--History--South Carolina--20th century.<br/>Christians, White--History.--South Carolina<br/>White supremacy movements--Religious aspects--Christianity.<br/>Baptists--South Carolina.<br/>Methodists--South Carolina.<br/>Racism--Religious aspects--Christianity.<br/>Ségrégation--Aspect religieux--Christianisme.<br/>Ségrégation--Histoire--Caroline du Sud--20e siècle.<br/>Mouvements pour la suprématie blanche--Aspect religieux--Christianisme.<br/>Baptistes--Caroline du Sud.<br/>Méthodistes--Caroline du Sud.<br/>Baptists.<br/>Christians, White.<br/>Methodists.<br/>Race relations.<br/>Racism--Religious aspects--Christianity.<br/>Segregation.<br/>Segregation--Religious aspects--Christianity.<br/>White supremacy movements--Religious aspects--Christianity.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>South Carolina--Church history--20th century.<br/>South Carolina--Race relations.<br/>Caroline du Sud--Histoire religieuse--20e siècle.<br/>Caroline du Sud--Relations raciales.<br/>South Carolina.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Church history.<br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BR555.S6  / H39 2021 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>261.709757/09045