Schoeps, Hans Joachim, Barocke Juden, Christen, Judenchristen. Bern: Francke, 1965.
HANS J.HILLERBRAND
FELLOWSHIP OF RECONCILIATION
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FELLOWSHIP OF SOUTHERN CHURCHMEN
Founded in 1934 and existing as Fellowship of Southern Churchmen (FSC) from 1936 to 1963, this group of radical Protestants, both lay and clergy, men and women, black and white, sought to transform southern culture and society by fighting for justice in labor and in racial relations.
Along the way it had to overcome the prejudices and lethargy of the churches themselves in bridging the gap between social justice and the Christian Gospel, as well as face the hostility of a society unwilling to change. Under the inspiration of REINHOLD NIEBUHR’S NEO-ORTHODOXY and CHRISTIAN SOCIALISM, its actions, both by individual members and as a group, ranged from meetings, conferences, investigations on lynching, racially integrated work camps and bus rides, labor organization, pamphleteering, founding of cooperatives, and rallies. Eventually, however, the larger and more aggressive wave of the CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT took the historic stage, and the FSC dispersed as its members found other fields to plow.
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