Read the section in the book (pages 19-20) about the role of religion in the civil rights movement in the USA .
Religion has not always been used to further protest in the USA. For example when slavery was widespread, the Bible was used by slave-owners to pacify their slaves and prevent revolt.
Later, the racist Ku Klux Klan carried bibles and fiery crosses when meeting and persecuting black Americans.
- Click these links for more about Christianity and slavery and The Ku Klux Klan
- How do sociologists explain such differences in the way religion is used to either resist or assist social change?
