Negro Preachers Take Sides
In the face of increasing militance within the Negro civil rights movement and a tendency to repudiate traditional leadership patterns and categories, we investigated the relationship of the historically most prominent Negro leadership category (Negro preachers) to the civil rights movement. In addi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1969
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Review of religious research
Year: 1969, Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 81-89 |
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| Summary: | In the face of increasing militance within the Negro civil rights movement and a tendency to repudiate traditional leadership patterns and categories, we investigated the relationship of the historically most prominent Negro leadership category (Negro preachers) to the civil rights movement. In addition to making an assessment of Negro preachers' current and potential leadership role in the Negro community, we present data on the social characteristics of Negro clergymen--data which have not been updated for 35 years. Three clearly differentiated types of Negro preachers emerged--what we call traditionalist, moderate, and militant. These types not only represent clearly distinguishable life styles but also have dramatically different social origins. Although militants have an influence disproportionate to their relatively low proportion among Negro clergymen, the ranks of the Negro clergy are deeply fragmented, and there is no evidence of a dramatic change overall from traditional patterns. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3510556 |