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African American preachers and politics : the Careys of Chicago / Dennis C. Dickerson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dickerson, Dennis C., 1949-
- Series:
- Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies.
- Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Politics and government.
- African Americans.
- African American clergy--Political activity--Illinois--Chicago.
- African American clergy.
- African American clergy--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.
- Chicago (Ill.)--Politics and government--To 1950.
- Chicago (Ill.).
- Chicago (Ill.)--Politics and government--1951-.
- Chicago (Ill.)--Race relations.
- Chicago (Ill.)--Biography.
- African Methodist Episcopal Church--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.
- African Methodist Episcopal Church.
- Carey, Archibald J. (Archibald James), 1868-1931.
- Carey, Archibald J.
- Carey, Archibald J. (Archibald James), 1908-1981.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson, MS : University Press of Mississippi, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- During most of the twentieth century, Archibald J. Carey, Sr. (1868-1931) and Archibald J. Carey, Jr. (1908-1981), father and son, exemplified a blend of ministry and politics that many African American religious leaders pursued. Their sacred and secular concerns merged in efforts to improve the spiritual and material well-being of their congregations. But as political alliances became necessary, both wrestled with moral consequences and varied outcomes. Both were ministers to Chicago's largest African Methodist Episcopal Church congregations- the senior Carey as a bishop, and the junior Carey
- Contents:
- Genesis in Georgia : the Careys in ministry and politics
- Pulpit and politics in Chicago : the ministry of Archibald J. Carey, Sr.
- Immersed in church and state : Archibald J. Carey, Sr. and religion in the public square
- Leadership and lineage : the rise of Archibald J. Carey, Jr.
- Doing public theology : Archibald J. Carey, Jr. and the ministry of politics
- Plant my feet on higher ground : Archibald J. Carey, Jr. and the national GOP
- Background benefactor : Archibald J. Carey, Jr. and the civil rights movement.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-62103-087-3
- 1-282-65439-X
- 9786612654398
- 1-60473-428-0
- OCLC:
- 659591239
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