Mighty like a river : the black church and social reform

An expert in African American culture, Andrew Billingsley surveys nearly a thousand black churches across the country, including its oldest, the First African Baptist Church in Savannah, Georgia. These black churches, whose roots extend back to antebellum times, have periodically confronted social, economic, and political problems facing the African American community.

Mighty Like a River addresses such questions as: How widespread and effective is the community activity of black churches? What are the patterns of activities being undertaken today? How do activist churches confront such problems as family instability, youth development, AIDS and other health issues, and care for the elderly? With profiles of the remarkable black heroes and heroines who helped create the activist church, and a compelling agenda for expanding the black church's role in society at large, Mighty Like a River is an inspirational, visionary, and definitive account of the subject.

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Do You Feel Hurt Often? The Black Church and Social Reform. Billingsley draws, then, from Du Bois and Frazier the basic insight that black churches are social institutions whose boundaries are quite elusive and porous. The Black Church and Social Reform. English View all editions and formats Summary:

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This is a comprehensive account of how black churches have helped shape American society.

Publisher Synopsis "As a leading scholar of the black family, Billingsley has succeeded in integrating his analysis of black churches with family concerns. User-contributed reviews Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers.

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