Bound for the Promised Land - African American Religion and the Great Migration

Here is the first extensive examination of the impact of the Great Migration--the movement from South to North and from country to city by hundreds of thousands of African Americans following World War I--on the American religious landscape. BOUND FOR THE PROMISED LAND sheds new light on various components of the development of black religion, including philanthropic endeavors to "modernize" the southern black rural church. 368 pp. .

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Milton C. Sernett

Summary

Offers an examination of the impact of the Great Migration - the movement from South to North and from country to city by hundreds of thousands of African Americans following World War I - on the American religious landscape. This book shows how the mass migration created an institutional crisis for black religious leaders.

Product details

• Authors: Milton C. Sernett, Sernett, Milton C Sernett, Milton C. Sernett
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.10.1997
• EAN: 9780822319931
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-1993-1
• No. of pages: 360
• Weight: 617 g
• Illustrations: 2 tables
• Series: C.S.Lincoln Ser.on Black Exper; C.Eric Lincoln Series on the Black Experience; The C. Eric Lincoln Series on the Black Experience; The C. Eric Lincoln Series on the Black Experience; C.S.Lincoln Ser.on Black Exper; The C. Eric Lincoln the Black
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Christentum, 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Andere Weltreligionen