The Black church : this is our story, this is our song /
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.,
The Black church : this is our story, this is our song / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - xxiv, 278 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references ([235]-264) and index.
The freedom faith -- A nation within a nation -- Speakers of the word -- God will make a way -- Crisis of faith -- Epilogue. On the Holy Ghost : the beautiful and the sublime, the vision and the trance -- Appendix. Great voices in the African American preaching tradition.
"A powerful new history of the Black church in America as the Black community's abiding rock and its fortress"--
9781984880338 1984880330
2020042098
GBC0J8010 bnb
020042024 Uk
African American churches--History.
African Americans--Religion--History.
The Black church : this is our story, this is our song / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - xxiv, 278 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references ([235]-264) and index.
The freedom faith -- A nation within a nation -- Speakers of the word -- God will make a way -- Crisis of faith -- Epilogue. On the Holy Ghost : the beautiful and the sublime, the vision and the trance -- Appendix. Great voices in the African American preaching tradition.
"A powerful new history of the Black church in America as the Black community's abiding rock and its fortress"--
9781984880338 1984880330
2020042098
GBC0J8010 bnb
020042024 Uk
African American churches--History.
African Americans--Religion--History.