02151cam a22002891 4500 3585313 AUA.1 20160203174601.0 721219t19641963nyu b 000 0 eng 62019390 DLC DLC DLC n-us--- BR 563 .N4 F73 1964 277.3 Frazier, Edward Franklin, 1894-1962. 23496 The Negro church in America. New York, Schocken Books [1964] xii, 92 p. 21 cm. Studies in sociology Bibliographical footnotes. Contents: The religion of the slaves. The break with the African background ; The loss of social cohesion ; The Christian religion provides a new basis of social cohesion ; Christianity: a new orientation towards existence ; The Negro adapts Christianity to his experience in the New World ; The 'invisible institution' comes into existence. -- The institutional church of the free Negroes. The Negroes who were free before the Civil War ; Relations of free Negroes and Whites in the churches ; Conflict over the question of status ; The free Negroes establish their own churches. -- The Negro church: a nation within a nation. The 'invisible institution' merges with the institutional church ; The church as an agency of social control ; The church and economic co-operation ; The church and education ; An arena of political life ; A refuge in a hostile White world. -- Negro religion in the city. The migration to cities ; The secularization of the churches ; Religion in the 'storefront' church ; Negro cults in the city. -- The Negro church and assimilation. The walls came tumbling down ; The church is no longer a refuge ; The gospel singers ; The religion of the new middle class. African American churches. 23497 7 cbc orignew u ocip 19 y-gencatlg lcc BOOK BR 563 .N4 F73 1964 6879 6879 0 0 lcc 0 0 Books AUA.1 AUA.1 GS 2012-08-02 Donation, Dr. Russell Staples 10.00 AUA009460 BR 563 .N4 F73 1964 AUA009460 2012-08-02 00:00:00 10.00 2012-08-02 BOOK