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The Negro in the United States; a selected bibliography. Compiled by Dorothy B. Porter

35—RELIGION AND THE CHURCH

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35—RELIGION AND THE CHURCH

1656

Adams, C. C., and Marshall A. Talley. Negro Baptists and foreign missions. Philadelphia, Foreign Mission Board of the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A. [c1944] 84 p. BV2521.A85

1657

Bragg, George F. History of the Afro-American group of the Episcopal Church. Baltimore, Church Advocate Press, 1922. 319 p. plates, ports. BX5979.B7

"Negro ordinations from 1866 to present": p. [267]-287.

Clerical directory: p. [285]-292.

1658

Brawley, E. M., ed. The Negro Baptist pulpit; a collection of sermons and papers on Baptist doctrine and missionary and educational work, by colored Baptist ministers. Philadelphia, American Baptist Publication Society [1890] 300 p. [BX6447.B7] [TR: BX6452.B7 1890]

1659

Brotz, Howard. The black Jews of Harlem: Negro nationalism and the dilemmas of Negro leadership. [New York] Free Press of Glencoe [1964] 144 p. F128.68.H3B7

Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 133-140).

1660

Campbell, Will D. Race and the renewal of the church. Philadelphia, Westminster Press [1962] 90 p. (Christian perspectives on social problems) BT734.C3

1661

The Church and the urban racial crisis, edited by Mathew Ahmann and Margaret Roach. Techny, Ill., Divine Word Publications [1967] 262 p. E185.615.C58

"The major addresses and background papers prepared for the August, 1967, convention of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice held at Rockhurst College in Kansas City, Missouri."

1662

Culver, Dwight W. Negro segregation in the Methodist Church. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1953. 218 p. (Yale studies in religious education, 22) BX8382.A17C8

Based on the author's thesis, Yale University, 1948.

Bibliography: p. [191]-206.

1663

Daniel, Vattel E. Ritual in Chicago's South Side churches for Negroes. Chicago, 1940. 155 leaves. mounted col. map. BR563.N4D29

Thesis—University of Chicago.

Typescript (carbon copy).

Bibliography: leaves 144-150.

1664

Day, Helen C. Color, ebony. New York, Sheed & Ward, 1951. 182 p. BX4668.D34

Concerns converts to Catholicism.

1665

DuBois, William E. B., ed. The Negro church; report of a social study made under the direction of Atlanta University; together with the Proceedings of the Eighth Conference for the Study of the Negro Problems, held at Atlanta University, May 26th, 1903. Atlanta, Atlanta University Press, 1903. 212 p. (Atlanta University publications, no. 8) E185.5.A88 no. 8 E185.7.D81

"Select bibliography of Negro churches": p. vi-viii.

1666

Fauset, Arthur H. Black gods of the metropolis; Negro religious cults of the urban North. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1944. 126 p. plates, ports. (Publications of the Philadelphia Anthropological Society, v. 3) BR563.N4F3 1944a

Brinton memorial series, [no. 2].

Issued also as thesis (Ph.D.), University of Pennsylvania.

"A study of five Negro religious cults in the Philadelphia of today."—Preface.

1667

Felton, Ralph A. Go down, Moses; a study of 21 successful Negro rural pastors. Madison, N.J., Dept. of the Rural Church, Drew Theological Seminary [1952] 95 p. illus. BR563.N4F38

1668

Felton, Ralph A. These my brethren; a study of 570 Negro churches and 1542 Negro homes in the rural South. Madison, N.J., Dept. of the Rural Church, Drew Theological Seminary [1950] 102 p. BR563.N4F4

1669

Fisk University, Nashville. Social Science Institute. God struck me dead; religious conversion experiences and autobiographies of Negro ex-slaves. Nashville, 1945. 218 leaves. (Its Social science source documents, no. 2) BV4930.F5

1670

Frazier, Edward Franklin. The Negro church in America. New York, Schocken Books [1964, c1963] 92 p. (Studies in sociology) BR563.N4F7

Bibliographical footnotes.

1671

Fuller, Thomas O. History of the Negro Baptists of Tennessee. [Memphis, Tenn., Haskins Print, c1936] 346 p. plates, ports. [BX6444.T4F8]

1672

Gillard, John T. The Catholic Church and the American Negro; being an investigation of the past and present activities of the Catholic Church in behalf of the 12,000,000 Negroes in the United States, with an examination of the difficulties which affect the work of the colored missions. Baltimore, St. Joseph's Society Press, 1929 [i.e. 1930] xv, 324 p. diagr., map, tables (part fold.) BX1407.N4G5

Bibliography: p. 291-301.

1673

Harrison, William P. The gospel among the slaves. A short account of missionary operations among the African slaves of the Southern States. Compiled from original sources. Nashville, Pub. House of the M. E. Church, South. 1893. 394 p. illus., ports. BV2783.H3

1674

Haynes, Leonard L. The Negro community within American Protestantism, 1619-1844. Boston, Christopher Pub. House [1953] 264 p. BR563.N4H38

1675

Hough, Joseph C. Black power and white Protestants; a Christian response to the new Negro pluralism. New York, Oxford University Press, 1968. 228 p. BT734.2.H63

Bibliographical footnotes.

1676

Ingram, Tolbert R., ed. Essays on segregation. Boston, St. Thomas Press, 1960. 106 p. BT734.3.I5

1677

Johnston, Ruby F. The development of Negro religion. New York, Philosophical Library [1954] 202 p. illus. BR563.N4J6

1678

Joint Survey Commission of the Baptist Inter-convention Committee. The Negro Baptist ministry; an analysis of its profession, preparation, and practices, by Ira De A. Reid. Report of a survey conducted by the Joint Survey Commission of the Baptist Inter-convention Committee: the American Baptist Convention, the National Baptist Convention [and] the Southern Baptist Convention. [Philadelphia, H. and L. Advertising Co.] 1951 [i.e. 1952] 145 p. BV4080.J6

1679

Jones, Howard O. Shall we overcome? A challenge to Negro and white Christians. Westwood, N.J., F. H. Revell Co. [1966] 146 p. BT734.2.J6

1680

Jordan, Lewis G. Negro Baptist history, U.S.A., 1750, 1930. Nashville, Sunday School Pub. Board, N.B.C. [1930] 394 p. plates, ports. BX6443.J6

"Minutes of the Baptist Foreign Mission Convention of the United States of America held in Montgomery, Ala., November 24, 25, 26, 1880" (p. [153]-170) and "Minutes of the fourth annual session of the Baptist Foreign Mission Convention of the United States of America, held with the First Baptist Church, Manchester, Virginia, September 19-22, 1883" (p. [217]-236) have special title pages.

Bibliography: p. 392-394.

1680a

King, Martin Luther. Strength to love. New York, Harper & Row [1963] 146 p. BX6452.K5

1681

Koger, Azzie B. Negro Baptists of Maryland. [Baltimore, Clarke Press] c1946. 78 p. illus., ports. BX6444.M3K6 1946

First published in 1936 under title: History of the Negro Baptists of Maryland.

1682

Lincoln, Charles Eric. The Black Muslims in America. Foreword by Gordon Allport. Boston, Beacon Press [1961] 276 p. E185.61.L56

"This book originated as a dissertation ... in the Graduate School of Boston University."

Includes bibliography.

This black separatist group, also called the Nation of Islam, under the leadership of Elijah Mohammad, has a widespread following in the United States.

1683

Lincoln, Charles Eric. My face is black. Boston, Beacon Press [1964] 137 p. E185.61.L57

Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. [134]-137).

Includes further discussion of the Black Muslims.

1684

Loescher, Frank S. The Protestant church and the Negro. Philadelphia, 1948. 159 p. BR563.N4L6 1948a

Essential portion of thesis—University of Pennsylvania.

Bibliographical footnotes.

1685

Mays, Benjamin E., and Joseph W. Nicholson. The Negro's church. New York, Institute of Social and Religious Research [c1933] 321 p. maps. BR563.N4M3

1686

Millea, Thomas V. Ghetto fever. Milwaukee, Bruce Pub. Co. [1968] 166 p. F548.9.N3M5

Concerns church and race problems in Chicago.

1687

Payne, Daniel A., Bp. History of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Edited by Rev. C. S. Smith. Nashville, Pub. House of the A.M.E. Sunday-School Union, 1891. xvi, 502 p. ports. BX8443.P28

1688

Pipes, William H. Say amen, brother! Old-time Negro preaching: a study in American frustration. New York, William-Frederick Press, 1951. 210 p. BR563.N4P53

Bibliography: p. 201-205.

1689

Poole, Elijah. Message to the blackman in America, by Elijah Muhammad. Chicago, Muhammad Mosque of Islam No. 2 [1965] xxvii, 355 p. [BP222.P6] [TR: BP222.E4]

On the Black Muslims.

1690

Reimers, David M. White Protestantism and the Negro. New York, Oxford University Press, 1965. 236 p. E185.61.R36

Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 190-222). Bibliography: p. 223-227.

1691

Richardson, Harry V. Dark glory, a picture of the church among Negroes in the rural South. New York, Pub. for Home Missions Council of North America and Phelps-Stokes Fund by Friendship Press [1947] xiv, 209 p. BR563.N4R5

"A selected reading list": p. 194-197.

1692

Sellers, James E. The South and Christian ethics. New York, Association Press [1962] 190 p. E185.61.S48

1693

Singleton, George A. The romance of African Methodism; a study of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. New York, Exposition Press [1952] 251 p. illus. BX8443.S45

1694

Sleeper, Charles F. Black power and Christian responsibility; some Biblical foundations for social ethics. Nashville, Abingdon Press [1968, c1969] 221 p. BS680.E84S5

Bibliography: p. 205-217.

1695

Tyms, James D. The rise of religious education among Negro Baptists; a historical case study. New York, Exposition Press [1966, c1965] xiv, 408 p. (An Exposition-university book) BX6450.T93

Bibliography: p. [397]-403.

1696

Washington, Joseph R. Black religion; the Negro and Christianity in the United States. Boston, Beacon Press [1964] 308 p. BR563.N4W3

Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 298-303).

1697

Washington, Joseph R. The politics of God. Boston, Beacon Press [1967] 234 p. BR563.N4W33

Bibliographical footnotes.

1698

Weatherford, Willis D. American churches and the Negro; an historical study from early slave days to the present. Boston, Christopher Pub. House [1957] 310 p. BR563.N4W4

1699

Woodson, Carter G. The history of the Negro church. Washington, Associated Publishers [c1921] 330 p. plates, ports. BR563.N4W6

1700

Woodward, Joseph Herbert. The Negro bishop movement in the Episcopal diocese of South Carolina. McPhersonville, S.C., H. Woodward [c1916] 45 p. BX5967.W65

1701

Year book of Negro churches, with statistics and records of achievements of Negroes in the United States. 1935-36+ Wilberforce, Ohio, Printed at Wilberforce University. E185.7.Y43

Editor: Reverdy C. Ransom.

"Published by authority of the bishops of the A.M.E. Church."

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