“...the early black Methodists fused Christian universalism, revolutionary liberalism, and black separatism. It was a delicate balancing act, one which thereafter defined the role of black Christian churches. They claimed an African heritage and understood black churches and societies to be necessary for the defense of African American rights.They also insisted on their status as free Americans, subject to every protection under the laws.”
#bhm
• back to “Bounds” b/c I have an assignment to write about it tonight and I have no idea what I‘m going to write 😬 •
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“The period from the American Revolution to the early Republic, from the 1770s to the 1820s, in fact, gave Americans both their greatest and most classic statements of liberty and freedom and also their most horrific instances of religiously sanctioned violence and repression.”
Read this one for over 2 hours and now I‘m ready for bed. Learning about our history is depressing and fascinating. But mostly depressing. Lol. Good night Littens 😘
“...the attacks also suggested that a Christian country could also be an aggressively expansionist one, and that notions of God‘s will easily incorporated paroxysms of violence.”
• why I don‘t support Christian “values” then and now; also why I don‘t identify as a Christian. “RELIGION” DOESN‘T EQUAL LOVE AND TOLERANCE 😡 •
• a bit of a dry read—certainly academic in tone. I think (more accurately, I hope!) I can handle it. reading this book for a Faith & Community course in my last semester as a college student and it‘s eating up the rest of my brain cells. I think the content is interesting, but my reading pace is slow. we are supposed to be halfway through the book already 😳 I‘m not panicked at all! Lol •
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Race and Religion in American History: Bounds of Their Habitation | 
