Crisis of Conscience: Arkansas Methodists and the Civil Rights Struggle - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0970857446 ISBN 13: 9780970857446

Publisher: Butler Centre for Arkansas Studies, 2007

Synopsis

Crisis of Conscience features personal stories by Arkansas Methodist pastors, laypersons, and community leaders - including Dale Bumpers, M. Jocelyn 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. The book 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.

About this title

About the Author

James T. Clemons is a native of Arkansas, a retired United Methodist minister, and professor emeritus of New Testament at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. Kelly L. Farr, also an Arkansas native, is an editor and journalist.

From the Back Cover

Crisis of Conscience features personal stories by Arkansas Methodist pastors, laypersons, and community leadersincluding Dale Bumpers, M. Joycelyn Elders, and Miller Williamswho 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. The book 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."

From the Inside Flap

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. The book 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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Butler Centre for Arkansas Studies
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0970857446
• ISBN 13: 9780970857446
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 212
• Editor: Clemons James T., Farr Kelly L.