Title A long reconstruction : racial caste and reconciliation in the Methodist Episcopal Church / Paul William Harris

Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022] ©2022

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 329 pages) Contents 1. Wesley's shadow -- 2. The straitened gate -- 3. Though I walk through the valley -- 4. The Chattanooga embarrassment -- 5. Our brothers in white -- 6. The Southwestern confronts the nadir -- 7. What shall we do with the Negro -- 8. Turning inward -- 9. Walk together, children Summary "Conventional historical timelines mark the end of Reconstruction in the year 1877, but the Methodist Episcopal Church (M.E.C.) continued to wrestle with issues of racial inclusion for decades after political support for racial reform had receded. The M.E.C. (the northern branch of the denomination since an 1844 schism) faced a unique challenge when they went south in the wake of the Civil War and brought into the fold a large southern membership of both Blacks and whites. The African Americans who joined did so in a spirit of hope that through religious fellowship and cooperation they could gain respect and acceptance and ultimately assume a position of equality and brotherhood with whites. However, as segregation gradually took hold in the South, many northern Methodists evinced the same skepticism as white southerners about the fitness of African Americans for positions of authority and responsibility in an interracial setting. The African American membership was never without strong white allies who helped to sustain the Church's official stance against racial caste, but like the nation as a whole, the M.E.C. placed a growing priority on putting their broken union back together. As it became evident that racial reconciliation and reconciliation with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, were mutually exclusive goals, Black Methodists were pressured to subordinate their own aspirations to the goal of reuniting the Episcopal Methodisms."--Publisher Notes Also issued in print: 2022 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Audience Specialized Notes Description based on online resource; title from home page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed October 13, 2022) Subject Methodist Episcopal Church -- History. African Methodist Episcopal Church -- History SUBJECT African Methodist Episcopal Church fast Methodist Episcopal Church fast Subject Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Methodist Episcopal Church. Racism -- Religious aspects -- Methodist Episcopal Church Racism -- United States -- History Race relations Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Methodist Episcopal Church Racism Religion SUBJECT United States -- Race relations -- History United States -- Religion. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140498 Subject United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780197571859 0197571859 0197571840 9780197571842 9780197571835 0197571832

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