Mystery of the Moorish Science Temple: Southern Blacks and American Alternative Spirituality in 1920s Chicago
In 1926, the well-known black scholar Ira De Augustine Reid complained that storefront churches were “a general nuisance. Neither their appearance nor their character warrants the respect of the Community.” Mortified, he described the founders of these informal assemblies: “He conducts his Services...
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
Journals Online & Print: | |
Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
Published: |
Cambridge University Press
2002
|
In: |
Religion and American culture
Year: 2002, Volume: 12, Issue: 2, Pages: 123-166 |
Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |