The rise to respectability: race, religion, and the Church of God in Christ
Introduction: the roots of the study -- In the beginning, there stood two: the reconstruction of African American religion and the birth of the Black holiness movement -- We will let the courts speak for us: controversy within the holiness movement and the excommunication of a saint -- Mason told us...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Subito Delivery Service: | Order now. |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Fayetteville, Ark.
University of Arkansas Press
2012
|
| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Further subjects: | B
United States
Church history
B United States Church history B Mason, C. H (Charles Harrison), 1866-1961 B Mason, C. H (Charles Harrison) (1866-1961) B African Americans Religion B Church of God in Christ History B Church of God in Christ History B African Americans Religion |
| Summary: | Introduction: the roots of the study -- In the beginning, there stood two: the reconstruction of African American religion and the birth of the Black holiness movement -- We will let the courts speak for us: controversy within the holiness movement and the excommunication of a saint -- Mason told us not to fight: religion, respectability, and conscientious objectorship -- Come over to Macedonia and help: sanctification disguised as racial uplift -- Memphis, the hope of a promised land: the achievement of respectability for the Church of God in Christ -- "Dar he": COGIC and the national civil rights movement -- Afterword: wandering in the wilderness |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (S.163 - 173) and index |
| ISBN: | 1557289778 |