The Black Church in the African American Experience

Release on 1990-11-07 | by C. Eric Lincoln

Based on a ten-year study, The Black Church In The African American Experience is the largest nongovernmental survey of urban and rural churches ever undertaken and the first major field study since the thirties.

Author: C. Eric Lincoln
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822310732
Category: Religion
Page: 519
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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 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 the Black Church as it relates to the history of African Americans and to contemporary black culture. In examining both the internal structure of the Church and the reactions of the Church to external, societal changes, the authors provide important insights into the Church’s relationship to politics, economics, women, youth, and music. Among other topics, Lincoln and Mamiya discuss the attitude of the clergy toward women pastors, the reaction of the Church to the civil rights movement, the attempts of the Church to involve young people, the impact of the black consciousness movement and Black Liberation Theology and clergy, and trends that will define the Black Church well into the next century. This study is complete with a comprehensive bibliography of literature on the black experience in religion. Funding for the ten-year survey was made possible by the Lilly Endowment and the Ford Foundation.

Language: en
Pages: 519

The Black Church in the African American Experience

Authors: C. Eric Lincoln, Lawrence H. Mamiya, Lawrence H.. Mamiya

Categories: Religion

Type: BOOK - Published: 1990-11-07 - Publisher: Duke University Press

Language: en
Pages: 304

The Black Church

Authors: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Categories: History

Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-02-16 - Publisher: Penguin

“Absolutely brilliant...A necessary and moving work.” —Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., author of Begin Again From the New York Times bestselling author of Stony the Road and one of our most important voices on the African American experience comes a powerful new history of the Black church as a foundation of

Language: en
Pages: 276

The Divided Mind of the Black Church

Authors: Raphael G. Warnock

Categories: Religion

Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-11-03 - Publisher: NYU Press

A revealing look at the identity and mission of the black church What is the true nature and mission of the church? Is its proper Christian purpose to save souls, or to transform the social order? This question is especially fraught when the church is one built by an enslaved

Language: en
Pages: 166

Understanding and Transforming the Black Church

Authors: Anthony B. Pinn

Categories: Religion

Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-01-01 - Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

What is the nature and purpose of the Black Church? What is the relationship of the scholar of religion to the Black Church? While black churches have been a major component of the religious landscape of African American communities for centuries, little critical attention has been given to these questions

Language: en
Pages: 192

A Survey of the History of the Black Church in America from the 1600s to Present

Authors: Beletia Marvray Diamond

Categories: Religion

Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-11-09 - Publisher: Page Publishing Inc

The History of the Black Church in America from the 1600s to the Present: A Curriculum Course For Students at Spelman College is an academic course that seeks to further the student’s appreciation for the Black Church. Appreciation as understanding is vital to both the teaching and the learning process;