The rise to respectability race, religion, and the Church of God in Christ /
White, Calvin, 1973-
The rise to respectability race, religion, and the Church of God in Christ / [electronic resource] : Calvin White, Jr. - Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2012. - xii, 186 p.
Includes bibliographical references 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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9781610755108 (electronic bk.)
Mason, C. H. 1866-1961.
Church of God in Christ--History.
African Americans--Religion.
United States--Church history.
Electronic books.
BX7056.A4 / W45 2012
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The rise to respectability race, religion, and the Church of God in Christ / [electronic resource] : Calvin White, Jr. - Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2012. - xii, 186 p.
Includes bibliographical references 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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9781610755108 (electronic bk.)
Mason, C. H. 1866-1961.
Church of God in Christ--History.
African Americans--Religion.
United States--Church history.
Electronic books.
BX7056.A4 / W45 2012
289.9/4