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'A Pure Fellowship': The Danger and Necessity of Purity in White and African-American Mennonite Racial Exchange, 1935-1971

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"How did the Civil Rights Movement bring about change?" In answer to that question, this dissertation argues that the splintering of purity rhetoric within the intimate environments of home and sanctuary both inhibited and empowered white and African-American religious practitioners to seek social change. To make this argument, this project...

Keyword:

Mennonites, Race, Purity, Racism, Civil Rights Movement, and African-Americans

Subject:

History

Creator:

Tobin Miller Shearer

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Date Uploaded:

09/06/2018

Date Modified:

09/06/2018

Date Created:

2008-03-07

Resource Type:

Dissertation