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.

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