Citizens of a Christian nation
Subtitle: Evangelical missions and the problem of race in the nineteenth century
By: Derek Chang.
Series: Politics and culture in modern America
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780812242188
Subjects: American Baptist Home Mission Society -- History -- 19th century; Home missions -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Baptists -- Missions -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Evangelistic work -- United States -- History -- 19th century; African Americans -- Missions -- History -- 19th century; Chinese Americans -- Missions -- History -- 19th century; Whites -- United States -- Attitudes -- History -- 19th century; Missionaries -- United States -- Attitudes -- History -- 19th century; Racism -- Religious aspects -- Baptists -- History -- 19th century; United States -- Race relations -- Religious aspects -- History -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Evangelical Christianity and the problem of difference; title: "A grand and awful time"; title: Faith and hope; title: Callings; title: Congregation; title: Conflict and community; title: Conclusion: Transformations.