tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post4130173859229577960..comments2024-03-26T11:33:59.219-06:00Comments on Religion in American History: Interracialism and Christian Community in the Postwar South: Clarence Jordan, Southern Baptist VisionaryPaul Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-74205033563997265212012-08-14T06:28:04.810-06:002012-08-14T06:28:04.810-06:00Paul - thanks for this post on Clarence Jordan and...Paul - thanks for this post on Clarence Jordan and interracialism. I took really appreciate K'Meyer's book, and particularly her focus on class as a barrier/concern with this brand of interracialism. I have seen that as an issue with Catholic folks who were trying to create a similar form of "koinonia" in northern urban settings (Friendship House). Class limited black people's full participation, and notions of voluntary poverty affected how willing upwardly-mobile black Catholics were to even receive the message (in terms of its words).<br /><br />Class continues to be an issue today in interracial settings. It often seems easiest to have multi-ethnic/cultural/racial churches if people are coming from similar class backgrounds (see Gerardo Marti's work).Karen Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298655303333943968noreply@blogger.com