E. Franklin Frazier

The Negro Church in America / The Black Church Since Frazier E. Franklin Frazier

Jacket Description/Back: 'A brief but brilliant analysis of the historical origin and the present situation of a crucially important institution of the American Negro people.'--Gunnar Myrdal This book also includes 'The Black Church Since Frazier' by C. Eric Lincoln. According to C. Eric Lincoln, the turbulent decade of the Sixties witnessed the death of the Negro Church. In its place, the offspring of the conflict between 'conscienceless power' and 'powerless conscience, ' is the Black Church. Jacket Description/Flap: Frazier's study of the black church and an essay by Lincoln arguing that the civil rights movement saw the splintering of the traditional black church and the creation of new roles for religion. Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributor Bio:  Frazier, E Franklin Frazier was Professor and Chairman of the Department of Sociology at Howard University. He was also President of the American Sociological Association and of the International Society for the Scientific Study of Race Relations. Contributor Bio:  Lincoln, C Eric Lincoln is presently Chairman of the Department of Religious and Philosophical Studies at Fisk University and is the founding President of the Black Academy of Arts and Letters.