A Theology of Brotherhood: The Federal Council of Churches and the Problem of Race

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Curtis J. Evans

A Theology of Brotherhood

The Federal Council of Churches and the Problem of Race

Curtis J. Evans

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English

New York University Press
06 February 2024

History of religion; Protestantism & Protestant Churches; Social discrimination; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies; Religious groups: social & cultural aspects

Examines the influence of the Federal Council of Churches' Department of Race Relations

A Theology of Brotherhood explores how the national umbrella Christian organization, the Federal Council of Churches, acted as a crucial conduit and organizational force for the dissemination of ""progressive"" views on race in the first half of the twentieth century.

Drawing on years of archival research, Curtis J. Evans shows that the Council's theological approach to race, and in particular its anti-lynching campaign, were responsible for meaningful progress in some white Protestant churches on racial issues. The book highlights the contributions that their religious vision made in expanding and propagating a civic nationalist tradition that was grounded in a ""universal brotherhood"" and belief in the equality of all human beings, over against a racial nationalist ideology that conceived of America in ethno-racial terms.

Evans makes the case that this predominantly white religious organization contributed a distinctive religious voice to visions of a pluralistic democracy, racial and ethnic diversity, and social and political reform. The volume adds a missing voice to the literature on lynching in the early twentieth century, which tends to focus primarily on the NAACP and other secular organizations.

By: Curtis J. Evans
Imprint: New York University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 431g
ISBN: 9781479820443
ISBN 10: 147982044X
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 06 February 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Curtis J. Evans is Associate Professor of American Religions and the History of Christianity at the University of Chicago Divinity School. He is the author of The Burden of Black Religion.

Reviews for A Theology of Brotherhood: The Federal Council of Churches and the Problem of Race

An important addition to the field, both for its scholarly significance and its contemporary relevance. This history has never been laid out in such a manner. . . . It’s a book the field has been waiting for, and that it needs. -- Matthew S. Hedstrom, University of Virginia A unique examination of mainline Protestantism as a significant force in twentieth-century American history, one that should be examined not merely for its decline into irrelevancy but instead for its fundamental contribution to American ideas of diversity, equity, and justice. -- Paul Harvey, author of? Martin Luther King: A Religious Life