"Southern religion" is Southern Fundamentalism. Most prominently the southern Baptist Church. And very definitely NOT "all" southern churches. I had the privilege of knowing the late Presbyterian minister Rev. Jim Thompson of Alabama, who came home from the Korean War and from his experiences decided to enter the ministry. In the first y…
"Southern religion" is Southern Fundamentalism. Most prominently the southern Baptist Church. And very definitely NOT "all" southern churches. I had the privilege of knowing the late Presbyterian minister Rev. Jim Thompson of Alabama, who came home from the Korean War and from his experiences decided to enter the ministry. In the first year of his posting to his first church, the Montgomery Bus Boycott began. He was one of only a very few Southern white ministers who supported that. He worked with Martin Luther King in the rest of the civil rights movement. People like him meet my definition of "saints" - i.e., those who are moral guideposts and measuring sticks for the rest of us to see if we actually "measure up." But I have also defined the problem of "Southern Religion" when I said he was "one of very few Southern white ministers to join..."
"Southern religion" is Southern Fundamentalism. Most prominently the southern Baptist Church. And very definitely NOT "all" southern churches. I had the privilege of knowing the late Presbyterian minister Rev. Jim Thompson of Alabama, who came home from the Korean War and from his experiences decided to enter the ministry. In the first year of his posting to his first church, the Montgomery Bus Boycott began. He was one of only a very few Southern white ministers who supported that. He worked with Martin Luther King in the rest of the civil rights movement. People like him meet my definition of "saints" - i.e., those who are moral guideposts and measuring sticks for the rest of us to see if we actually "measure up." But I have also defined the problem of "Southern Religion" when I said he was "one of very few Southern white ministers to join..."