Crisis of Conscience: Arkansas Methodists and the Civil Rights Struggle

Clemons, James T. [Editor]; Farr, Kelly L. [Contributor];

ISBN 10: 0970857446 / ISBN 13: 9780970857446

Published by Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, 2007

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Title: Crisis of Conscience: Arkansas Methodists ...

Publisher: Butler Center for Arkansas Studies

Publication Date: 2007

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

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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 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.