Churches and Urban Government in Detroit and New York, 1895-1994.
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| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | Detroit : Wayne State University Press, 2004. |
| Series: | African American Life Series
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Urban Churches in the Progressive Era
- Municipal Government Expansion
- Churches Confront the Industrial Age
- Formation of the Detroit Council of Churches
- Formation of the New York City Church Federation
- New York and Detroit Catholicism in the Reform Age
- Archdiocesan Caution in a Threatening Atmosphere
- Early Evolutionary Changes
- Conclusion
- Churches, Government, and the Great Depression
- The Depression in National Perspective
- The Great Depression in New York and Detroit
- Catholic Responses to the Great Depression
- New York
- Brooklyn
- Detroit
- Protestant Responses
- New York
- Protestantism's Social Welfare Impasse
- Detroit
- Pattern Persistence through Time
- Conclusion
- Churches, Civil Rights, and the Great Society
- Changes in Local Political Scenes
- New York
- Detroit
- Detroit Protestant Churches in the Civil Rights Era
- The Civil Rights Era and New York Protestantism
- Civil Rights and Threats to PC Internal Cohesion
- Civil Rights, the Great Society, and Catholicism
- Vatican II, Civil Rights, and Expanded U.S. Programs
- Archdiocesan Policies: New York
- Archdiocesan Policies: Detroit
- New York Protestantism and Appointments to City Offices
- Background
- Impediments to Influence
- Data Requirements
- Dilemmas
- Differing Approaches
- The Civic-Educational Approach
- The Moderate-Activist Approach
- The Militant-Activist Approach
- Growth of Race Consciousness
- Drawing a Sharp Line
- Some Political Realities
- Experience with Moderate Activism
- Experience with Militancy
- Conclusion
- Urban-Related National Developments
- The Malaise of Councils of Churches
- New York
- Detroit
- Archdioceses and Inner Cities Transformed
- Detroit.
- Conclusion
- The Urban Church in a Conservative Political Era
- The Demographic Element
- Urban-Related National Developments
- The Malaise of Councils of Churches
- New York
- Detroit
- Archdioceses and Inner Cities Transformed
- Detroit
- Conclusion
- The Black Church in a Post-Church Federation Era
- Black Nationalism, Black Churches, and Politics in Detroit
- Hidden in Plain Sight: Black Nationalism and the Council of Black Baptist Pastors
- Rev. Charles Hill, Coleman Young, and the Politics of Self-Determination
- Coleman Young's 1973 Election Campaign
- The Black Church and Coleman Young's Later Years
- Council of Black Pastors (CBP) Organization and Structure
- New York: Churches and the Black Quest for Political Acceptance
- The Jesse Jackson Candidacy
- Churches Feel the Effect
- Citywide Interfaith Alliance
- Conclusion
- Conclusion
- Disturbances
- Regime Differences
- Government as Source of Validation and Legitimation
- Catholic-Protestant Disparities
- Political Appointments Campaigns
- Black Ministers' Conferences
- Churches' Urban Political Influence
- Bibliography
- Index
- Backcover.