The History and Function of the Black Storefront Church in the Black Urban Community
Author: Beverly Jean Stewart
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Published: 1974
Total Pages: 94
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Author: Beverly Jean Stewart
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Published: 1974
Total Pages: 94
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Deidre Helen Crumbley
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2012-04-22
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 0813043557
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring the early twentieth century, millions of southern blacks moved north to escape the violent racism of the Jim Crow South and to find employment in urban centers. They transplanted not only themselves but also their culture; in the midst of this tumultuous demographic transition emerged a new social institution, the storefront sanctified church. Saved and Sanctified focuses on one such Philadelphia church that was started above a horse stable, was founded by a woman born sixteen years after the Emancipation Proclamation, and is still active today. "The Church," as it is known to its members, offers a unique perspective on an under-studied aspect of African American religious institutions. Through painstaking historical and ethnographic research, Deidre Helen Crumbley illuminates the crucial role these oftentimes controversial churches played in the spiritual life of the African American community during and after the Great Migration. She provides a new perspective on women and their leadership roles, examines the loose or nonexistent relationship these Pentecostal churches have with existing denominations, and dispels common prejudices about those who attend storefront churches. Skillfully interweaving personal vignettes from her own experience as a member, along with life stories of founding members, Crumbley provides new insights into the importance of grassroots religion and community-based houses of worship.
Author: Clarence Taylor
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780231099813
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn addition, they endorsed the education of the clergy, thereby demonstrating to American society at large that African Americans possessed the sophistication and the means to pursue and to promote culture.
Author: Sidney Harrison Moore
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Published: 1975
Total Pages: 636
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Omar M. McRoberts
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2005-07
Total Pages: 189
ISBN-13: 0226562174
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLong considered the lifeblood of black urban neighborhoods, churches are thought to be dedicated to serving their surrounding communities. But Omar McRoberts's work in Four Corners, a tough Boston neighborhood containing twenty-nine congregations, reveals a very different picture.
Author: C. Eric Lincoln
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 1990-11-07
Total Pages: 540
ISBN-13: 9780822310730
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA nongovernmental survey of urban and rural churches of black communities based on a ten year study.
Author: Ida Rousseau Mukenge
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 264
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKOverview of the role of the black church in cities; social, economic and political impact in 1983.
Author: Ingrid Overacker
Publisher: University Rochester Press
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9781878822895
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work examines the connections between the faith foundations of members of the African-American church community in Rochester, New York and the work the community engaged in to nurture and protect its members during the first four decades of the twentieth century. The book concentrates on four local churches (Memorial AME Zion, Mt. Olivet Baptist, Trinity Presbyterian, and St. Simon's Episcopal) and explains how each addressed the human service, educational, economic, and political needs of African Americans in Rochester. the book highlights the role of women in the church community and relies heavily on interviews with members of the respective churches. This analysis of Rochester's church community challenges the perception of the African-American church as accommodationist and other-worldly during this critical time in the formation of the African-American community both locally and nationally.
Author: Laura Tuennerman
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780873387118
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIndividuals and communities have historically reinforced values and shaped society in ways that best fit their own objectives. This study re-evaluates the interaction between religious, ethnic-, racial-, gender-, and class-based values and ideals and giving, based on Ohio between 1990 and 1930.
Author: Theodore Roosevelt McKenney
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Published: 1971
Total Pages: 176
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