Almighty God Created the Races

Christianity, Interracial Marriage, and American Law

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Discrimination, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Discrimination & Race Relations, Religion & Spirituality
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Author: Fay Botham ISBN: 9780807899229
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press Publication: December 1, 2009
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press Language: English
Author: Fay Botham
ISBN: 9780807899229
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Publication: December 1, 2009
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Language: English

In this fascinating cultural history of interracial marriage and its legal regulation in the United States, Fay Botham argues that religion--specifically, Protestant and Catholic beliefs about marriage and race--had a significant effect on legal decisions concerning miscegenation and marriage in the century following the Civil War. She contends that the white southern Protestant notion that God "dispersed" the races and the American Catholic emphasis on human unity and common origins point to ways that religion influenced the course of litigation and illuminate the religious bases for Christian racist and antiracist movements.

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In this fascinating cultural history of interracial marriage and its legal regulation in the United States, Fay Botham argues that religion--specifically, Protestant and Catholic beliefs about marriage and race--had a significant effect on legal decisions concerning miscegenation and marriage in the century following the Civil War. She contends that the white southern Protestant notion that God "dispersed" the races and the American Catholic emphasis on human unity and common origins point to ways that religion influenced the course of litigation and illuminate the religious bases for Christian racist and antiracist movements.

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