Oltman, Adele, 1957-

Sacred mission, worldly ambition Black Christian nationalism in the age of Jim Crow / [electronic resource] : Adele Oltman. - Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, c2008. - xi, 248 p.

"A Sarah Mills Hodge Fund Publication"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-240) and index.

Mapping Black Savannah : nation and religion -- Holding the line for the Word : Black evangelicals below the Mason-Dixon -- "Even if He is a woman" : Savannah's talented tenth and Black suffrage -- "Have hardly had straw" : Black Christian nation building and White Christian philanthropy -- "Peace and harmony of the church" : the secularization of Black Savannah -- Epilogue: From Black Christian nationalism to civil rights.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






African Americans--Religion.
Black nationalism--United States.
Black power--United States.


Savannah (Ga.)--Church history.


Electronic books.

BR563.N4 / O48 2008

277.58/08208996073