Two Impossible Revolutions?: Black Power and Church Power

At present there are two social movements engaged in efforts to alter the power structure of the United States, a Black Power movement and a Church Power movement. Both aim either to revolutionize or to diminish the power of a democratic majority in an affluent democratic society. The Church Power m...

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Main Author: Banks, Walter R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [1969]
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 1969, Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 263-268
Further subjects:B Black Power
B Political revolutions
B Economic value
B Power structures
B African Americans
B Religion
B Social structures
B Religious buildings
B Social Movements
B Racism
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Summary:At present there are two social movements engaged in efforts to alter the power structure of the United States, a Black Power movement and a Church Power movement. Both aim either to revolutionize or to diminish the power of a democratic majority in an affluent democratic society. The Church Power movement seeks to revolutionize middle-class America. The Black Power movement has the alternative of Black Nationalism.
ISSN:1468-5906
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/1384338