01636cam a2200361 i 4500 478686984 TxAuBib 20210119120000.0 200923s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020042098 9781984880338 HRD 30.00 1984880330 HRD 30.00 (OCoLC)1192489478 TxAuBib rda Gates, Henry Louis. The Black church : this is our story, this is our song / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Black church : our story, our song. New York : Penguin Press, 2021. xxiv, 278 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-264) and index. The freedom faith -- A nation within a nation -- Speakers of the word -- God will make a way -- Crisis of faith -- Epilogue. On the Holy Ghost: the beautiful and the sublime, the vision and the trance -- Appendix. Great voices in the African American preaching tradition. "A powerful new history of the Black church in America as the Black community's abiding rock and its fortress"-- Provided by publisher. 20210121. jz. African American churches History. African Americans Religion History.