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White, Calvin, 1973-

The Rise to Respectability Race, Religion, and the Church of God in Christ / [Recurso electrónico] : Calvin White, Jr. - Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (xii, 186 p. ) - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references (p.163-173) and index.

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.

Libro Electrónico

ISBN: 9781610755108 1610755103

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Subjects--Personal Names:
Mason, C. H. 1866-1961.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Church of God in Christ--History.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African Americans--Religion.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Church history.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BX7056.A4 / W45 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 289.9/4