Streets of glory : church and community in a Black urban neighborhood / Omar M. McRoberts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McRoberts, Omar M. (Omar Maurice)

Series:

Morality and society

Morality and society series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American churches--Massachusetts--Boston--History.

African American churches.

City churches--Massachusetts--Boston--History.

City churches.

History.

Boston (Mass.)--Church history.

Boston (Mass.).

Massachusetts--Boston.

Physical Description:

x, 178 pages : maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003.

Summary:

Acknowledgments1. Introduction2. Birth of the Black Religious District3. Four Corners: Birth of a Contemporary Religious District4. "In the world, but not of it": Particularism and Exilic Consciousness5. "The Street": Clergy Confront the Immediate Environment6. Changing the World: Church-Based "Activism"7. Who Is My Neighbor? Religion and Institutional Infrastructure in Four Corners8. Conclusion: Saving Four Corners?Author's NoteNotesReferencesIndex

Contents:

Birth of the Black religious district

Four Corners : birth of a contemporary religious district

"In the world, but not of it" : particularism and exilic consciousness

"The street" : clergy confront the immediate environment

Changing the world : church based "activism"

Who is my neighbor? Religion and institutional infrastructure in Four Corners.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [165]-173) and index.

ISBN:

0226562166

OCLC:

50079780