Record details

• ISBN: 0822310732
• ISBN: 9780822310730
• ISBN: 0822310570
• ISBN: 9780822310570
• Physical Description: xvi, 519 pages ; 23 cm

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-500) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The religious dimension : toward a sociology of Black churches -- The Black Baptists : the first Black churches in America -- The Black Methodists : the institutionalization of Black religious independence -- The 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 -- The new Black revolution : the Black Consciousness Movement and the Black church -- "Now is the time!" : the Black church, politics, and civil rights militancy -- The American dream and the American dilemma : the Black church and economics -- The pulpit and the pew : the Black church and women -- "In my mother's house" : the Black church and young people -- The performed word : music and the Black church -- The Black church and the twenty-first century : challenges to the Black church.

Target Audience Note:

1590L Lexile

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African American churches.
African Americans > Religion.
United States > Church history.