Crisis of Conscience
Subtitle: Arkansas Methodists and the Civil Rights Struggle
Contributors: James T. Clemons (Editor); Kelly L. Farr (Editor)
Edition: New edition
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press; Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
Published: November 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9780970857446
Subjects: Christian social thought & activity; Civil rights & citizenship; Methodist Churches; c 1945 to c 1960; Political Science; Ethnic Issues; Politics/International Relations; Christianity - Methodist; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; United States - State & Local - South; 20th century; African Americans; Arkansas; Civil rights; Civil rights movements; History; Segregation
Description: "Crisis of Conscience features personal stories by Arkansas Methodist pastors, laypersons, and community leaders-including Dale Bumpers, M. Joycelyn Elders, and Miller Williams-who lived through the struggles for civil rights in the 1950s and saw their congregations and other institutions rocked by the tumultuous events of the history-making era. The book also depicts the desegregation of Hendrix College, the prophetic role of Philander Smith College in civil rights activism, and the experiences of other Arkansas Methodist institutions in the great freedom struggle that caused many of the state's church members to realize they could no longer reconcile their belief in God with participation in a segregated society."--Amazon