
God's Long Summer
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The book's central figures are Fannie Lou Hamer, who "worked for Jesus" in civil rights activism; Sam Bowers, the Imperial Wizard of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi; William Douglas Hudgins, an influential white Baptist pastor and unofficial theologian of the "closed society" Ed King, a white Methodist minister and Mississippi native who campaigned to integrate Protestant congregations; and Cleveland Sellers, a SNCC staff member turned black militant.
Marsh focuses on the events and religious convictions that led each person into the political upheaval of 1964. He presents an unforgettable American social landscape, one that is by turns shameful and inspiring. In conclusion, Marsh suggests that it may be possible to sift among these narratives and lay the groundwork for a new thinking about racial reconciliation and the beloved community. He maintains that the person who embraces faith's life-affirming energies will leave behind a most powerful legacy of social activism and compassion.
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- Intro
- Contents
- Preface to the Princeton Classics Edition
- Preface to the 2008 Edition
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: With God on Our Side: Faiths in Conflict
- Chapter One. "I'm on My Way, Praise God": Mrs. Hamer's Fight for Freedom
- Sticking with Civil Rights
- The Beginning of a New Kingdom
- Questioning America
- The Welcome Table
- Chapter Two. High Priest of the Anti-Civil Rights Movement: The Calling of Sam Bowers
- The Making of a Christian Militant
- Patriots for Jesus
- The Warrior Priest
- Eliminating the Heretics
- Against the World Rulers of This Present Darkness
- Chapter Three. Douglas Hudgins: Theologian of the Closed Society
- The Closed Society
- An Uncluttered Life
- Civil Rights Distractions
- A Piety of the Pure Soul
- The Interior Battle
- Chapter Four. Inside Agitator: Ed King's Church Visits
- Breaking Free
- Inside Agitator
- The Church Visits
- Burying the Dead
- The Countercultural Christ
- Plates
- Chapter Five. Cleveland Sellers and the River of No Return
- Into the River
- The Long, Hot Summer
- Beyond the Beloved Community
- Black Power
- In the Rapids and Losing Control
- SNCC the Closed Society
- Conclusion: Clearburning: Fragments of a Reconciling Faith
- Afterword
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Selected Bibliography
- Interviews
- Index
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