Churches and Urban Government in Detroit and New York, 1895-1994 (African American Life Series)

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Beginning within the 1890s, the social gospel movement and its secular counterpart, the Progressive movement, set the stage for powerful church and city governance connections. What followed right through the following 100 years used to be the emergence of religious bodies as a very powerful instrument for influencing City Hall on moral and social issues. Churches and Urban Government compares the governing styles of Detroit and New York City from 1895 to 1994 and looks on the steps city-wide religious bodies took to advance the interests in their communities and their local government right through this chaotic period in urban history.

Detroit and New York City make for a very interesting case study when casting the 2 cities’ many similarities against their contrasting urban governance styles. What these cities share is a longstanding liberal political culture and comparable ethnic and racial diversity in addition to large populations of Catholics and Protestants. Emphasizing the role of Black churches, Henry J. Pratt-with additional subject material from Ronald Brown-examines how immigration, the Great Depression, and the Civil Rights movement all nurtured this developing link between religion and politics, helping churches evolve into leadership roles within these metropolitan centers.

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