The Black church in the African-American experience
Black churches in America have long been recognized as the most independent, stable, and dominant institutions in black communities. In The Black Church in the African American Experience, based on a ten-year study, is the largest nongovernmental study of urban and rural churches ever undertaken and...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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Durham
Duke University Press
1990
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| Dans: | Année: 1990 |
| Recensions: | The Black Church in the African American Experience, by C. Eric Lincoln and Lawrence H. Mamiya. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1990, vii + 519 pp. 47.50; 18.95 (paper) (1992) (Kivisto, Peter)
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
United States
Church history
B African American churches B African Americans Religion |
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| Résumé: | Black churches in America have long been recognized as the most independent, stable, and dominant institutions in black communities. In The Black Church in the African American Experience, based on a ten-year study, is the largest nongovernmental study of urban and rural churches ever undertaken and the first major field study on the subject since the 1930s.Drawing on interviews with more than 1,800 black clergy in both urban and rural settings, combined with a comprehensive historical overview of seven mainline black denominations, C. Eric Lincoln and Lawrence H. Mamiya present an analysis of |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 469-500) and index |
| ISBN: | 0822381648 |