Race, Religion, and the Pulpit: Rev. Robert L. Bradby and the Making of Urban Detroit Contributor(s): Robinson Moore, Julia Marie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814332919 ISBN-13: 9780814332917 Publisher: Wayne State University Press OUR PRICE: $39.59 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - Baptist - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - Biography & Autobiography | Historical |
Dewey: 286.092 |
Series: Great Lakes Books |
Physical Information: 0.78" H x 6.74" W x 9.1" (1.13 lbs) 216 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Cultural Region - Midwest |
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Publisher Description: During the Great Migration of African Americans from the South to the cities of the Northeast, Midwest, and West, the local black church was essential in the making and reshaping of urban areas. In Detroit, there was one church and one minister in particular that demonstrated this power of the pulpit--Second Baptist Church of Detroit ("Second," as many members called it) and its nineteenth pastor, the Reverend Robert L. Bradby. In Race, Religion, and the Pulpit: Rev. Robert L. Bradby and the Making of Urban Detroit, author Julia Marie Robinson explores how Bradby's church became the catalyst for economic empowerment, community building, and the formation of an urban African American working class in Detroit. |
Contributor Bio(s): Robinson, Julia Marie: - Julia Marie Robinson is an associate professor of African American religion at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA). |