| Description |
1 online resource (315 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction: African American religion in the age of segregation in the Delta -- Train travel and the Black religious imagination -- Fraternal orders, disfranchisment, and the institutional growth of Black religion -- The intersecting rhythms of spiritual and commercial life -- The material culture of religion -- The making of the African American holiness movement -- Conclusion: Delta journeys |
| Summary |
Challenging the traditional interpretation that the years between Reconstruction and World War I were a period when Blacks made only marginal advances in religion, politics, and social life, John Giggie contends that these years marked a critical turning point in the religious history of Southern Blacks |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
African Americans -- Religion.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
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African Americans -- Religion
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Christentum
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Religiöses Leben
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Schwarze
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| SUBJECT |
Delta (Miss. : Region) -- Religious life and customs
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| Subject |
Mississippi -- Delta (Region)
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Mississippidelta
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780198041337 |
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0198041330 |
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9781435620087 |
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1435620089 |
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0195304039 |
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9780195304039 |
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9780199866885 |
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0199866880 |
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