Women in the Church of God in Christ : making a sanctified world / Anthea D. Butler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Butler, Anthea D., 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in church work.

Church of God in Christ.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Church of God in Christ (COGIC), an African American Pentecostal denomination founded in 1896, has become the largest Pentecostal denomination in the United States today. In this first major study of the church, Anthea Butler examines the religious and social lives of the women in the COGIC Women's Department from its founding in 1911 through the mid-1960s. She finds that the sanctification, or spiritual purity, that these women sought earned them social power both in the church and in the black community.Offering rich, lively accounts of the activities of the Women's Department fo

Contents:

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1. MOTHERHOOD; 2. CALLING; 3. MIGRATION; 4. PROHIBITIONS; 5. EDUCATION; 6. CIVICS; 7. CONVENTIONS; EPILOGUE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798890877840

9781469602370

1469602377

9780807882900

0807882909

OCLC:

763156679