https://202s15.cesaunders.net/files/original/2b71c8a5c4a15c04b13d441fc6bc3c63.png 30631233630695cd682dae9dc43e197f https://202s15.cesaunders.net/files/original/d7e5f7cd107f6faf636ff6ffac7918c6.png a2450aec127d8a4b182887b8fd7037aa Hyperlink A link, or reference, to another resource on the Internet. URL http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=miun.afz8332.0001.001;view=1up;seq=5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Enter the title exactly as printed in the document or image. If there is no title, provide a brief descriptive title enclosed in square brackets. If the item is an excerpt, follow the title with "excerpt" in square brackets. See fields guide for more information. The Negro's Church Creator Enter the name of the author or other creator of the document or image exactly as (s)he is identified in the document. If no author is specified there, see fields guide. Benjamin Elijah Mays and Joseph William Nicholas Date The date the document or image was originally published or created, in YYYY-MM-DD format (see fields guide for further details) 1933 Description Describe key features of the primary source and how they help to answer the research question at hand (usually the significance of a space or place to a text and/or its author or readers) This book is an analytic study of the importance and content of black churches from both urban and rural areas. Mays and Nicholson, both prominent religious figures within the black community, decided to conduct an intensive study of 609 urban churches and 185 rural churches. After their study, they were able to break down the history of black churches, their use and purpose, the responsibilities of a minister and many more subjects within the topic. The book also criticizes the sermons or teaching techniques of most black ministers for focusing on the "magical" aspect of religion rather than the sociological, political and racial ones. The authors believed that by making sure the religious sermons connected with the daily issues that black people faced, the black community would be more educated and more aware. The book says how churches became one of the few things black people could finally control. This book is similar to The Color Purple in how the church became a place of coping and enduring sufferance for the black community including Celie. Celie turns to God in her times of hardship and abuse. The authors highlight on this by also showing that black people turned to the church during much discrimination and inhumane treatment. Contributor The name of the person who obtained, uploaded, and described the item. Please use the same form of your name throughout the site. Makeda Fekede Source* Provide an MLA-style "works cited" entry specifying details of both the original publication or distribution of the document, and where you found it (e.g. a library database). See fields guide for details. Mays, Benjamin Elijah & Nicholas, Joseph William. "The Negro's Church." Hathitrust. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2015. Rights Please copy and paste the most appropriate of the three boilerplate statements provided in the fields guide. Document from which item is excerpted may be in copyright (it was published after 1923). Every effort has been made to select excerpts in compliance with fair use guidelines, and to comply with the provisions of any licensing agreements associated with digitization of the original document. For further information, please see the “about” page. Language A language of the resource (optional) English Publisher optional; make sure, however, that original and subsequent publishers are specified in the "source" field Russell & Russell Type The nature or genre of the resource Text;Book