Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of tables ix
4. Preface xi
5. 1 The religious dimension: toward a sociology of black churches 1
6. 2 The black baptists: the first black churches in America 20
7. 3 The black Methodists: the institutionalization of black religious independence 47
8. 4 The black Pentecostals: the spiritual legacy with a black beginning 76
9. 5 In the receding shadow of the plantation: a profile of rural clergy and churches in the black belt 92
10. 6 In the streets of the black metropolis: a profile of black urban clergy and churches 115
11. 7 The new black revolution: the black consciousness movement and the black church 164
12. 8 "Now is the time!" the black church, politics, and civil rights militancy 196
13. 9 The American dream and the American dilemma: the black church and economics 236
14. 10 The pulpit and the pew: the black church and women 274
15. 11 "In my mother's house": the black church and young people 309
16. 12 The performed word: music and the black church 346
17. 13 The black church and the twenty-first century: challenges to the black church 382
18. Appendix 405
19. Notes 411
20. Bibliography 469
21. Index 501