The Quiet Hand of God: Faith-Based Activism and the Public Role of Mainline Protestantism

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411 Index Abington School District v. Schempp, 328 abortion, 1, 288, 306, 310, 334–36; biblical interpretation, 46; mainline vs. conservative stances on, 17, 168, 169, 171; pro-choice and prolife constituencies, 21; Roe v. Wade, 1, 334 Act for Better Childcare bill, 91 Act for Regulating Abuses and Correcting Disorders in Ecclesiastical Affairs (1742), 31 Adam, Karl, 43 affirmative action programs, 46, 184, 189, 191, 194, 195, 208n7, 381 African American churches, 17, 20, 130; burning and reconstruction of church buildings, 196; leaders’ views of racial justice issues, 200– 202; public activities of, 390, 391, 392; and outside organizations, involvement with, 133, 138, 139–40, 142, 145, 152, 154, 157n12 African American Male Project, 195 African Americans, 174, 191; Black Manifesto, 185, 187, 190; Black Panthers, 189; Black power, 187; civil rights, 167, 168, 169, 170; clergy, 192; demands for racial justice , 200; as heads of racial justice boards, 186–87; as mainline church leaders, 197, 198; National Committee of Negro Churchmen, 187; paternalism toward, 183–84, 188, 192, 197, 205; poverty rates among, 220; racism and, 182–83, 203–4; voting trends until 1896, 161 African National Congress, 351 Age of Reason (Paine), 33 Aid to Families with Dependent Children , 215, 220, 223 Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), 142, 143, 146 Alinsky, Saul, 345, 346 Allport, Gordon, 201 American Anti-Slavery Society, 37 American Baptist Churches, 32, 37, 163, 189; abortion controversy and, 335; Asian, Black, and Hispanic ministries, 190; Board of National Ministries, 189, 190, 239; Division of Missions, 190; ethnic caucuses, 190; First Amendment issues and, 320, 322, 323, 325–26; General Board Executive Committee (GBEC), 190; homosexuality and homosexuals, stance on, 269, 271, 272, 282; investment practices of, 348; Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs (BJC), 320–21, 330–32, 334; membership, 4, 5, 6; National Ministries Program on Eco-Justice, 241, 245; Office of Government Relations, 62; and poverty, approaches to, 229; protest of U.S. policy in Central America, 368 412 / Index American Bible Society, 33 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 321, 327, 331 American Civil War, 27, 35; effects on American religion, 38–39 American Home Missionary Society, 34 American Indian Religious Freedom Act, 324 American Indians: Baptist Caucus, 190; Cherokee, 325; and peyote, ritual use of, 326; religious freedom of, 324–26; Sand Creek Massacre , 198 American Jewish Congress, 331, 333 American Revolution, 27, 30–31 American Sunday School Union, 34 American Tract Society, 34 Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, 321 Ammerman, Nancy, 302, 388 Amnesty International, 141, 152, 370 Anderson, Betty, 96–97 Angelou, Maya, 249, 250 Anglicans, 29, 320, 369. See also Episcopal Church (ECUSA) antebellum period (1828–1860), 35– 38, 161 anti-Catholicism, 35, 45 “Antinomian crisis,” 29–30 apartheid: American (see racism); South African, 190–91, 344, 346, 347, 349–52, 353, 366, 371–72 “Arminianism,” 34, 38 Artaza-Regan, Paz, 249–50, 253, 260 Asian American Baptist Caucus, 190 Assemblies of God, 163 atheism, 32 Atwood, Margaret, 171 Audubon Society, 141 Babbitt, Bruce, 248 baby boomers, 293–94 Baily, David, 268 Baker, James, 369 Baldwin, Abraham, 54 Banning, Jane, 92, 93 Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs (BJC): First Amendment activism and, 320–21, 332–33, 334; school vouchers and, 330–31 Baptists. See American Baptist Churches; Southern Baptist Convention Barr, Robert, 203 Barth, Karl, 43 Bartol, Cindy, 103 Beadsley, Doris, 281 Beecher, Catherine, 37 Beecher, Henry Ward, 39 Beecher, Lyman, 36, 39 Bell, Derrick, 326 Bellah, Robert, 266, 280 Berry, Wendell, 239 Bible, 33; mainline Protestants’ beliefs about, 8–10; and homosexuality , references to, 268, 270; Revised Standard Version (RSV), 44; as sole rule of faith, 28; Year of the Bible (1983), 319. See also biblical interpretation biblical interpretation, 46; American Civil War and, 38–39; of dominion overcreation,237–38,258–59,262n3; inerrancy, 9, 39; as inspired Word of God, 8, 39; premodern, 28; of slavery, 36, 38–39, 47; of social issues , 47. See also Bible Biggs, Amy, 182 Biggs, John, 181, 182, 203 Billings, Peggy, 85, 86 birth control, 291–92, 294, 298 birth rate: European-American, 310 Black Manifesto, 185, 187, 190 Black Panthers, 189 Block, Jon, 278 Bob Jones University, 325, 338n24 Bob Jones University v. United States, 325–26 Boerne v. Flores, 327 boycotts, 144; of Coca-Cola, 350–51; of liquor, 344; of Nestlé products, 352, 353–54, 355, 372–73; of tobacco products, 344, 358; of Winn Index / 413 Dixie...