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After redemption : Jim Crow and the transformation of African American religion in the Delta, 1875-1915 / John M. Giggie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Giggie, John M. (John Michael), 1965-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Religion.
- African Americans.
- Delta (Miss. : Region)--Religious life and customs.
- Delta (Miss. : Region).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (334 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Challenging the traditional interpretation that the years between Reconstruction and World War I were a period when Blacks made only marginal advances in religion, politics, and social life, John Giggie contends that these years marked a critical turning point in the religious history of Southern Blacks.
- Contents:
- Introduction: African American religion in the age of segregation in the Delta
- Train travel and the Black religious imagination
- Fraternal orders, disfranchisment, and the institutional growth of Black religion
- The intersecting rhythms of spiritual and commercial life
- The material culture of religion
- The making of the African American holiness movement
- Conclusion: Delta journeys.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-298) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-029388-8
- 0-19-530404-7
- 1-281-16293-0
- 9786611162931
- 0-19-804133-0
- 1-4356-2008-9
- OCLC:
- 607729847
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