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Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.,

The Black church : this is our story, this is our song - xxiv, 278 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references ([235]-251) and index.

The freedom faith -- A nation within a nation -- Speakers of the word -- God will make a way -- Crisis of faith -- Epilogue. On the Holy Ghost : the beautiful and the sublime, the vision and the trance -- Appendix. Great voices in the African American preaching tradition.

"A powerful new history of the Black church in America as the Black community's abiding rock and its fortress"--

ISBN: 9781984880338 1984880330

LCCN: 2020042098

Nat. Bib. No.: GBC0J8010 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 020042024 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African American churches--History.
African Americans--Religion--History.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.

LC Class. No.: BR563.N4 / G295 2021

Dewey Class. No.: 277.30089/96073