02098nam a2200373 a 4500 ebr10639361 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 120629s2012 aku sb s001 0deng d 2012022538 9781557289773 (cloth : alk. paper) 1557289778 9781610755108 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)822017779 n-us--- BX7056.A4 W45 2012eb 289.9/4 23 White, Calvin, 1973- The rise to respectability [electronic resource] : race, religion, and the Church of God in Christ / Calvin White, Jr. Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2012. xii, 186 p. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: the roots of the study -- In the beginning, there stood two: the reconstruction of African American religion and the birth of the Black holiness movement -- We will let the courts speak for us: controversy within the holiness movement and the excommunication of a saint -- Mason told us not to fight: religion, respectability, and conscientious objectorship -- Come over to Macedonia and help: sanctification disguised as racial uplift -- Memphis, the hope of a promised land: the achievement of respectability for the Church of God in Christ -- "Dar he": COGIC and the national civil rights movement -- Afterword: wandering in the wilderness. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Mason, C. H. (Charles Harrison), 1866-1961. Church of God in Christ History. African Americans Religion. United States Church history. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10639361 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 48751 48751