| Churches and Urban Government in Detroit and New York, 1895-1994 Contributor(s): Pratt, Henry J. (Author), Pratt, Annis (Foreword by), Pratt Hopp, Faith (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0814331726 ISBN-13: 9780814331729 Publisher: Wayne State University Press OUR PRICE: $28.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2004 Annotation: This groundbreaking study analyzes the relationship between two powerful forces--church organizations and urban politics--within New York City and Detroit from the late nineteenth through the twentieth century. Beginning in 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 during the next hundred years was the emergence of religious bodies as an important 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 at the steps city-wide religious bodies took to advance the interests of their communities and their local government during this chaotic period in urban history.Detroit and New York City make for a very interesting case study when casting the two 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 as well as large populations of Catholics and Protestants. Emphasizing the role of Black churches, Henry J. Pratt 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - History - Religion | Religion, Politics & State - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: 322.109 |
| LCCN: 2003017637 |
| Series: African American Life (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 6.06" W x 9.12" (0.66 lbs) 193 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Michigan - Geographic Orientation - New York - Locality - Detroit, Michigan - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Beginning in 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 during the next 100 years was the emergence of religious bodies as an important 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 at the steps city-wide religious bodies took to advance the interests of their communities and their local government during this chaotic period in urban history. Detroit and New York City make for a very interesting case study when casting the two 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 as well as large populations of Catholics and Protestants. Emphasizing the role of Black churches, Henry J. Pratt-with additional 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. |