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Faith, Race, and the Lost Cause: Confessions of a Southern Church
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About Faith, Race, And The Lost Cause: Confessions Of A
Product Description Faith, Race, and the Lost Cause is a new history of Richmond's famous St. Paul's Episcopal Church, attended by Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis during the Civil War and a tourist magnet thereafter. Christopher Alan Graham's narrative-which emerged out of St. Paul's History and Reconciliation Initiative-charts the congregation's theological and secular views of race from the church's founding in 1845 to the present day, exploring the church's complicity in Lost Cause narratives and racial oppression in Richmond. Graham investigates the ways that the actions of elite white southerners who imagined themselves as benevolent-liberal, even-in their treatment of Black people through the decades obscured the actual damage to Black bodies and souls that this ostensible liberalism caused. Through charting the legacy of St. Paul's self-described benevolent paternalism on the racial and religious geography of Richmond, Graham reflects on what an authentic process of recognition and reparations might be, drawing useful lessons for America writ large. Book Description Chris Graham is doing the Lord's work and is using history in a responsible way to get it done. I've had a chance to visit St. Paul's Episcopal Church and have seen the efforts of Chris and his team as they address the congregation's strong ties to the Confederacy. Faith, Race, and the Lost Cause is not only a well-told slice of southern religious history, but it should also serve as a model for any congregation committed to confronting its racist past. I hope this book finds its way into the hands of pastors and church leaders around the country.
