| Description |
xvi, 519 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-500) and index. |
| Contents |
Religious dimension : toward a sociology of Black churches -- Black Baptists : the first Black churches in America -- Black Methodists : the institutionalization of Black religious independence -- Black Pentecostals : The spiritual legacy with a Black beginning -- In the receding shadow of the plantation : a profile of rural clergy and churches in the Black Belt -- In the streets of the Black metropolis : a profile of Black urban clergy and churches -- New Black |
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revolution : the Black Consciousness Movement and the Black church -- "Now is the time!" : the Black church, politics, and civil rights militancy -- American dream and the American dilemma : the Black church and economics -- Pulpit and the pew : the Black church and women -- "In my mother's house" : the Black church and young people -- Performed word : music and the Black church -- Black church and the twenty-first century : challenges to the Black church. |
| Local Note |
93-051706307 |
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93-051706307 |
| Subject |
African American churches.
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African Americans -- Religion.
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United States -- Church history.
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| Added Author |
Mamiya, Lawrence H.
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| ISBN |
0822310732 paperback alkaline paper |
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0822310570 |
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