(RNS) On Sundays, C. Elizabeth Floyd, shows up for worship at Trinity
Baptist Church of Metro Atlanta, with her Bible in hand.
But the large, black leather Bible with dog-eared pages and
hand-written notes in the margins isn't just any Bible: It's the King
James Version.
And Floyd, like many African-Americans, wouldn't have it any other
way.
It's more than mere tradition. A civil rights veteran called the
KJV's thees and thous "romantic," and a scholar spoke of black churches'
"love affair" with the king's English.
