The Bible Told Them So

"The Bible Told Them So" explores how southern white evangelical Christians in South Carolina resisted the civil rights movement, motivated by their interpretation of the Bible. Despite losing public battles in the 1960s, they continued to uphold a segregationist Christianity within their own institutions, adapting their rhetoric toward colorblindness and family values to maintain social and racial boundaries. The book sheds light on their persistent theological commitment to segregation and the strategies they employed to reconcile it with changing societal norms.