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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780807856604
- Book Title
- Stone of Hope : Prophetic Religion and the Death of Jim Crow
- Publisher
- University of North Carolina Press
- Item Length
- 9.4 in
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Format
- Perfect
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Features
- New Edition
- Genre
- Religion, Political Science, Social Science
- Topic
- Civil Rights, General, Sociology of Religion, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
- Item Weight
- 20.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 7 in
- Number of Pages
- 360 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
ISBN-10
0807856606
ISBN-13
9780807856604
eBay Product ID (ePID)
46820341
Product Key Features
Book Title
Stone of Hope : Prophetic Religion and the Death of Jim Crow
Number of Pages
360 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Topic
Civil Rights, General, Sociology of Religion, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Illustrator
Yes
Features
New Edition
Genre
Religion, Political Science, Social Science
Format
Perfect
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
20.2 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2003-017334
Reviews
The effort [of reading] will be worthwhile, given the fresh and provocative arguments the author makes about issues still central to Americans in a new century when racial harmony and equality remain beyond easy grasp.-- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, For those who care about the role of religion in public life, this book offers not only a reckoning, but an awakening.-- Word & World, "[A] pathbreaking study of prophetic Protestantism and the camapaign against Jim Crow." _ Commonwealth, "[A] pathbreaking study of prophetic Protestantism and the camapaign against Jim Crow." —Commonwealth, Accessible to laypersons as well as scholars and students in the field of history, religion, and cultural studies.-- Alabama Review, ÝChappell's¨ new interpretation of the civil rights movement is a first-rate work of history. . . . The book is a major contribution to civil-rights history: clearly written, prodigiously researched and forcefully argued. . . . "A Stone of Hope" respects the public power of religion, but it also brings Dr. King and his co-workers down from the mountaintop, transfiguring them into human beings. "Wall Street Journal", It's impossible to read the book without doing some fundamental rethinking about the role religion can play in . . . public life. New York Times, "[A] pathbreaking study of prophetic Protestantism and the camapaign against Jim Crow." — Commonwealth, Chappell's new interpretation of the civil rights movement is a first-rate work of history. . . . The book is a major contribution to civil-rights history: clearly written, prodigiously researched and forcefully argued. . . . A Stone of Hope respects the public power of religion, but it also brings Dr. King and his co-workers down from the mountaintop, transfiguring them into human beings.-- Wall Street Journal, Accessible to laypersons as well as scholars and students in the field of history, religion, and cultural studies. -- Alabama Review, It's impossible to read the book without doing some fundamental rethinking about the role religion can play in . . . public life. . . . Intricate, dazzling in its reach into so many corners of Black and white southern life and fascinating at every turn. . . . In its mix of rigor, daring and perceptiveness, A Stone of Hope is a spectacular work. -- New York Times Book Review, The effort [of reading] will be worthwhile, given the fresh and provocative arguments the author makes about issues still central to Americans in a new century when racial harmony and equality remain beyond easy grasp. -- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, It's impossible to read the book without doing some fundamental rethinking about the role religion can play in . . . public life.New York Times, Intricate, dazzling in its reach into so many corners of black and white Southern life and fascinating at every turn. . . . In its mix of rigor, daring and perceptiveness,A Stone of Hopeis a spectacular work.New York Times Book Review, David Chappell convincingly likens the civil rights movement to a religious revival, showing how black Southerners inspired by the prophetic tradition of the Old Testament spearheaded the drive to abolish 'the sin of segregation.'-- The Nation, Chappell argues that the [civil rights] movement could be considered less a political protest with religious dimensions than a religious revival with political and social dimensions. . . . Chappell writes engagingly, drawing an important revisionist portrait of the crucial role of religion in defeating Jim Crow. -- Publishers Weekly , starred review, One of the three or four most important books on the civil rights movement. . . . This unusually sophisticated and subtle study takes an unconventional and imaginative approach by examining both sides of the struggle. . . . [Chappell] argues persuasively that revivalism engendered the civil rights movement's solidarity, leadership, worldview, and rhetoric . . . [and] that the struggle against segregation triumphed owing not only to the religious views of southern blacks, but also to the religious views of southern whites. -- The Atlantic, [Chappell's] new interpretation of the civil rights movement is a first-rate work of history. . . . The book is a major contribution to civil-rights history: clearly written, prodigiously researched and forcefully argued. . . .A Stone of Hoperespects the public power of religion, but it also brings Dr. King and his co-workers down from the mountaintop, transfiguring them into human beings.Wall Street Journal, "[A] pathbreaking study of prophetic Protestantism and the camapaign against Jim Crow." -- Commonwealth, Intricate, dazzling in its reach into so many corners of black and white Southern life and fascinating at every turn. . . . In its mix of rigor, daring and perceptiveness, A Stone of Hope is a spectacular work. New York Times Book Review , [Chappell's] new interpretation of the civil rights movement is a first-rate work of history. . . . The book is a major contribution to civil-rights history: clearly written, prodigiously researched and forcefully argued. . . . A Stone of Hope respects the public power of religion, but it also brings Dr. King and his co-workers down from the mountaintop, transfiguring them into human beings. Wall Street Journal , One of the three or four most important books on the civil rights movement. . . . This unusually sophisticated and subtle study takes an unconventional and imaginative approach by examining both sides of the struggle. . . . [Chappell] argues persuasively that revivalism engendered the civil rights movement's solidarity, leadership, worldview, and rhetoric . . . [and] that the struggle against segregation triumphed owing not only to the religious views of southern blacks, but also to the religious views of southern whites.-- The Atlantic, Chappell argues that the [civil rights] movement could be considered less a political protest with religious dimensions than a religious revival with political and social dimensions. . . . Chappell writes engagingly, drawing an important revisionist portrait of the crucial role of religion in defeating Jim Crow.-- Publishers Weekly , starred review, David Chappell convincingly likens the civil rights movement to a religious revival, showing how black Southerners inspired by the prophetic tradition of the Old Testament spearheaded the drive to abolish 'the sin of segregation.' -- The Nation, Intricate, dazzling in its reach into so many corners of black and white Southern life and fascinating at every turn. . . . In its mix of rigor, daring and perceptiveness, A Stone of Hope is a spectacular work. New York Times Book Review, For those who care about the role of religion in public life, this book offers not only a reckoning, but an awakening. -- Word & World, Chappell's new interpretation of the civil rights movement is a first-rate work of history. . . . The book is a major contribution to civil-rights history: clearly written, prodigiously researched and forcefully argued. . . . A Stone of Hope respects the public power of religion, but it also brings Dr. King and his co-workers down from the mountaintop, transfiguring them into human beings. -- Wall Street Journal, [Chappell's] new interpretation of the civil rights movement is a first-rate work of history. . . . The book is a major contribution to civil-rights history: clearly written, prodigiously researched and forcefully argued. . . . A Stone of Hope respects the public power of religion, but it also brings Dr. King and his co-workers down from the mountaintop, transfiguring them into human beings. Wall Street Journal, It's impossible to read the book without doing some fundamental rethinking about the role religion can play in . . . public life. . . . Intricate, dazzling in its reach into so many corners of Black and white southern life and fascinating at every turn. . . . In its mix of rigor, daring and perceptiveness, A Stone of Hope is a spectacular work.-- New York Times Book Review
TitleLeading
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Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
323.1196/073
Edition Description
New Edition
Synopsis
The civil rights movement was arguably the most successful social movement in US history. In this assessment, David Chappell argues that the story of civil rights is not a story of the ultimate triumph of liberal ideas after decades of gradual progress, but of the power of religious tradition., The civil rights movement was arguably the most successful social movement in American history. In a provocative new assessment of its success, David Chappell argues that the story of civil rights is not a story of the ultimate triumph of liberal ideas after decades of gradual progress. Rather, it is a story of the power of religious tradition.Chappell reconsiders the intellectual roots of civil rights reform, showing how northern liberals' faith in the power of human reason to overcome prejudice was at odds with the movement's goal of immediate change. Even when liberals sincerely wanted change, they recognized that they could not necessarily inspire others to unite and fight for it. But the prophetic tradition of the Old Testament -- sometimes translated into secular language -- drove African American activists to unprecedented solidarity and self-sacrifice. Martin Luther King Jr., Fannie Lou Hamer, James Lawson, Modjeska Simkins, and other black leaders believed, as the Hebrew prophets believed, that they had to stand apart from society and instigate dramatic changes to force an unwilling world to abandon its sinful ways. Their impassioned campaign to stamp out "the sin of segregation" brought the vitality of a religious revival to their cause. Meanwhile, segregationists found little support within their white southern religious denominations. Although segregationists outvoted and outgunned black integrationists, the segregationists lost, Chappell concludes, largely because they did not have a religious commitment to their cause., The civil rights movement was arguably the most successful social movement in American history. In a provocative new assessment of its success, David Chappell argues that the story of civil rights is not a story of the ultimate triumph of liberal ideas after decades of gradual progress. Rather, it is a story of the power of religious tradition. Chappell reconsiders the intellectual roots of civil rights reform, showing how northern liberals' faith in the power of human reason to overcome prejudice was at odds with the movement's goal of immediate change. Even when liberals sincerely wanted change, they recognized that they could not necessarily inspire others to unite and fight for it. But the prophetic tradition of the Old Testament -- sometimes translated into secular language -- drove African American activists to unprecedented solidarity and self-sacrifice. Martin Luther King Jr., Fannie Lou Hamer, James Lawson, Modjeska Simkins, and other black leaders believed, as the Hebrew prophets believed, that they had to stand apart from society and instigate dramatic changes to force an unwilling world to abandon its sinful ways. Their impassioned campaign to stamp out the sin of segregation brought the vitality of a religious revival to their cause. Meanwhile, segregationists found little support within their white southern religious denominations. Although segregationists outvoted and outgunned black integrationists, the segregationists lost, Chappell concludes, largely because they did not have a religious commitment to their cause., The civil rights movement was arguably the most successful social movement in American history. In a provocative new assessment of its success, David Chappell argues that the story of civil rights is not a story of the ultimate triumph of liberal ideas after decades of gradual progress. Rather, it is a story of the power of religious tradition.Chappell reconsiders the intellectual roots of civil rights reform, showing how northern liberals' faith in the power of human reason to overcome prejudice was at odds with the movement's goal of immediate change. Even when liberals sincerely wanted change, they recognized that they could not necessarily inspire others to unite and fight for it. But the prophetic tradition of the Old Testament--sometimes translated into secular language--drove African American activists to unprecedented solidarity and self-sacrifice. Martin Luther King Jr., Fannie Lou Hamer, James Lawson, Modjeska Simkins, and other black leaders believed, as the Hebrew prophets believed, that they had to stand apart from society and instigate dramatic changes to force an unwilling world to abandon its sinful ways. Their impassioned campaign to stamp out "the sin of segregation" brought the vitality of a religious revival to their cause. Meanwhile, segregationists found little support within their white southern religious denominations. Although segregationists outvoted and outgunned black integrationists, the segregationists lost, Chappell concludes, largely because they did not have a religious commitment to their cause.In a provocative assessment of the success of the civil rights movement, David Chappell reconsiders the intellectual roots of civil rights reform, showing how the prophetic tradition of the Old Testament--sometimes translated into secular language--drove African American activists to unprecedented solidarity and self-sacrifice. Martin Luther King Jr., Fannie Lou Hamer, James Lawson, Modjeska Simkins, and other black leaders believed, as the Hebrew prophets believed, that they had to stand apart from society and instigate dramatic changes to force an unwilling world to abandon its sinful ways. Although segregationists outvoted and outgunned black integrationists, the segregationists lost, Chappell concludes, largely because they did not have a religious commitment to their cause., The civil rights movement was arguably the most successful social movement in American history. In a provocative new assessment of its success, David Chappell argues that the story of civil rights is not a story of the ultimate triumph of liberal ideas af
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- a***m (103)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseIn my 25 years of audio purchases, I have NEVER seen such quality packaging. Grills removed, surrounded by wrap and boxed separately, drivers covered with cardboard and gaffer tape, speaker corners protected with styrofoam. ASTOUNDING job to ensure I received my fairly priced item as described. I was truly impressed, so much that I'll follow their sales from now on. It is SO VERY RARE to get items shipped properly. Hats off to this seller. Sincerely, one happy customer.