Old ship of Zion : the Afro-Baptist ritual in the African diaspora /

"'I love the Lord, He heard my cry, ' Deacon cries out as the newly gathered congregation, now seated in their pews, echoes his words in a plaintive tune." Thus begins the Devotional at St. John Progressive Baptist Church, one of many Afro-Baptist services that Walter Pitts obser...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pitts, Walter F., 1947-1991
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.
Series:Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)
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