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- catalog abstract ""An expert in African American culture. Andrew Billingsley surveys nearly a thousand black churches across the country, including its oldest, the First African Baptist Church in Savannah, Georgia. These black churches, whose roots extend back to antebellum times, have periodically confronted social, economic, and political problems facing the African American community. Mighty Like a River addresses such questions as: How widespread and effective is the community activity of black churches? What are the patterns of activities being undertaken today? How do activist churches confront such problems as family instability, youth development, AIDS and other health issues, and care for the elderly?" "With profiles of the remarkable black heroes and heroines who helped create the activist church, and a compelling agenda for expanding the black church's role in society at large, Mighty Like a River is an inspirational, visionary, and definitive account of the subject."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10905002.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""An expert in African American culture. Andrew Billingsley surveys nearly a thousand black churches across the country, including its oldest, the First African Baptist Church in Savannah, Georgia. These black churches, whose roots extend back to antebellum times, have periodically confronted social, economic, and political problems facing the African American community. Mighty Like a River addresses such questions as: How widespread and effective is the community activity of black churches? What are the patterns of activities being undertaken today? How do activist churches confront such problems as family instability, youth development, AIDS and other health issues, and care for the elderly?" "With profiles of the remarkable black heroes and heroines who helped create the activist church, and a compelling agenda for expanding the black church's role in society at large, Mighty Like a River is an inspirational, visionary, and definitive account of the subject."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-249) and index.".
- catalog description "Storm is passing over: the Black church in perspective -- If tombstones could talk: the evolution of the Black church in Savannah -- General Sherman and the Black church -- Crisis of emancipation and reconstruction in Savannah -- Rev. Ralph Mark Gilbert and the civil rights movement in Savannah -- First African Baptist Church, Richmond: seedbed of social reform -- New-time religion -- Black church and the male youth crisis -- Black church confronts the HIV/AIDS crisis -- Tale of two cities: Black churches in Denver and Atlanta -- Often seen, seldom called: the legacy of Jerena Lee -- Twelve gates to the city -- Unashamedly Black and unapologetically Christian -- One more river to cross: the Black church faces the future.".
- catalog extent "xxiv, 262 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0195106172 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "277.3/082/08996073 21".
- catalog subject "African American churches.".
- catalog subject "BR563.N4 B534 1999".
- catalog subject "Church and social problems United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Storm is passing over: the Black church in perspective -- If tombstones could talk: the evolution of the Black church in Savannah -- General Sherman and the Black church -- Crisis of emancipation and reconstruction in Savannah -- Rev. Ralph Mark Gilbert and the civil rights movement in Savannah -- First African Baptist Church, Richmond: seedbed of social reform -- New-time religion -- Black church and the male youth crisis -- Black church confronts the HIV/AIDS crisis -- Tale of two cities: Black churches in Denver and Atlanta -- Often seen, seldom called: the legacy of Jerena Lee -- Twelve gates to the city -- Unashamedly Black and unapologetically Christian -- One more river to cross: the Black church faces the future.".
- catalog title "Mighty like a river : the black church and social reform / Andrew Billingsley.".
- catalog type "text".