The Structure of a Modern Economy

"A discerning, sober, and troubling probing of the preoccupation within the Methodist Church with Christian nationalism, civilization as defined by white Anglo-Saxon manhood, and race, race consciousness and 'the problem of the Negro' that was foundational to and constitutive of a reunited Methodism. A must read for students of early 20th century America."-Russell E. Richey, Emory University "Davis . . . brings to his study a sophisticated understanding of the nature of race, using his examination of the Methodist tradition to draw larger conclusions about the creation of a white Christian nationalism in early twentieth-century America. -"The Journal of American History", "Draws upon previously neglected primary sources to offer a ground-breaking analysis of the intertwined political, racial, and religious dynamics at work in the institutional merging of three American Methodist denominations in 1939. Davis boldly examines the conflicted ethics behind a dominant American religious culture's justification and preservation of racial segregation in the reformulation of its post-slavery institutional presence in American society. His work provides a much-needed, critical discussion of the racial issues that pervaded American religion and culture in the early twentieth century."-Wendy J. Deichmann Edwards, Academic Dean and Associate Professor of History and Theology, United Theological Seminary, Dayton Ohio "Morris L. Davis has made a major contribution to the literature in this examination of the denominational cultures that resulted in the racial segregation of the Central Jurisdiction of the Methodist Episcopal Church."-"Choice", "The Methodist Unification underscores the immense power that race has held in American, and Methodist, consciousness, and its ability to shape the politics of both church and state." -"Church History",