The Metropolitan Spiritual Churches of Christ: The Socio-Religious Evolution of the Largest of the Black Spiritual Associations

This paper discusses the social evolution of the Metropolitan Spiritual Churches of Christ, the largest of the Black Spiritual associations in the United States, from its beginnings in 1925 in Kansas City, Missouri, to its zenith under the leadership of Clarence Cobbs, to a period of schismogenesis...

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Main Author: Baer, Hans A. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Sage Publications 1988
In: Review of religious research
Year: 1988, Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 140-150
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