Saved and sanctified : the rise of a storefront church in Great Migration Philadelphia / Deidre Helen Crumbley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crumbley, Deidre Helen, 1947-

Series:

History of African-American religions.

The history of African American religions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Religion.

African Americans.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Church history.

Philadelphia (Pa.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During the early twentieth century, millions of southern blacks moved north to escape the violent racism of the Jim Crow South and to find employment in urban centers. They transplanted not only themselves but also their culture; in the midst of this tumultuous demographic transition emerged a new social institution, the storefront sanctified church. Saved and Sanctified focuses on one such Philadelphia church that was started above a horse stable, was founded by a woman born sixteen years after the Emancipation Proclamation, and is still active today. ""The Church,"" as it is

Contents:

Call

City tales

Saints tales

Becoming saints

Family

Response.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8130-4379-4

0-8130-4355-7

OCLC:

794663755