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...

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Main Author: Nance, Susan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge University Press 2002
In: Religion and American culture
Year: 2002, Volume: 12, Issue: 2, Pages: 123-166
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