The African American church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1815-1963 : a shelter in the storm / Wilson Fallin, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fallin, Wilson, 1942-

Series:

Studies in African American history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American churches--Alabama--Birmingham.

African American churches.

African Americans--Alabama--Birmingham--Religion.

African Americans.

Birmingham (Ala.)--Church history.

Birmingham (Ala.).

African Americans--Religion.

Alabama--Birmingham.

Genre:

Church history.

Physical Description:

xiv, 220 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Garland Pub., ©1997.

Contents:

Ch. I. Slavery, Religion, and African American Churches

Ch. II. Migration and the Formation of African American Churches in the New South City of Birmingham

Ch. III. Expansion and African American Church Life

Ch. IV. Leadership, Institution Building and the African American Church in Birmingham

Ch. V. The African American Church Between the World Wars: Continuity and Preservation

Ch. VI. The African American Church Between the World Wars: Communism and New Religious Responses

Ch. VII. Rising Militancy and the African American Church From World War II to the Civil Rights Movement

Ch. VIII. The African American Church and the Civil Rights Movement.

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Alabama, 1995.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-212) and index.

Local Notes:

The Pennsylvania Abolition Society Complementary Collection.

ISBN:

0815328834

9780815328834

OCLC:

36662926

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