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The Black church in the African-American experience / C. Eric Lincoln and Lawrence H. Mamiya.

Summary:

A nongovernmental survey of urban and rural churches of black communities based on a ten year study.

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

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