Crisis of Conscience : Arkansas Methodists and the Civil Rights Struggle, Pap...

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Book Title: Crisis of Conscience : Arkansas Methodists and the Civil Rights S Item Width: 6.3 in Subject: Christianity / Methodist, Sociology / General, Civil Rights, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies Format: Perfect Publication Year: 2007 width: 6.3 in Item Weight: 10.4 Oz Publisher: Butler Center for Arkansas Studies Item Length: 9 in Publication Name: Crisis of Conscience : Arkansas Methodists and the Civil Rights Struggle Type: Textbook Subject Area: Religion, Political Science, Social Science Item Height: 0.4 in Language: English Number of Pages: 212 Pages height: 0.4 in ISBN: 9780970857446 Author: Kelly L. Farr

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Crisis of Conscience : Arkansas Methodists and the Civil Rights Struggle, Pap.... Crisis of Conscience : Arkansas Methodists and the Civil Rights Struggle, Paperback by Clemons, James T. (EDT); Farr, Kelly L. (EDT), ISBN 0970857446, ISBN-13 9780970857446, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 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. Th 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.