The Limited Empowerment of Women in Black Spiritual Churches: An Alternative Vehicle to Religious Leadership

In their efforts to compensate for the barriers emanating from the racist and class structure of American society, black men tended to monopolize positions of religious leadership in most African American religious groups. Some black women turned to Spiritualism as an alternative vehicle to religiou...

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Main Author: Baer, Hans A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Univ. Press 1993
In: Sociology of religion
Year: 1993, Volume: 54, Issue: 1, Pages: 65-82
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