Black Gods of the Metropolis: Negro Religious Cults of the Urban North

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Stemming from his anthropological field work among black religious groups in Philadelphia in the early 1940s, Arthur Huff Fauset believed it used to be conceivable to resolve the likely direction that mainstream black religious leadership would take one day, a direction that later indeed manifested itself in the civil rights movement. The American black church, consistent with Fauset and other recent researchers, provided the one place where blacks could experiment without hindrance in activities such as business, politics, social reform, and social expression. With detailed primary accounts of these early spiritual movements and their beliefs and practices, Black Gods of the Metropolis reveals the fascinating origins of such significant up to date African American religious groups as the Nation of Islam in addition to the role of lesser known and even forgotten churches in the history of the black community.

In her new foreword, historian Barbara Dianne Savage discusses the relationship between black intellectuals and black religion, in particular the relationship between black social scientists and black religious practices right through Fauset’s time. She then explores the complexities of that relationship and its have an effect on on the intellectual and political history of African American religion in general.

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