A sociology of Black clergy in the state of Illinois activism and acquiescence in the post-civil rights generation - Weissinger, Sandra Ellen; Zerai, Assata (Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, 2011)
"Good people participate in systems that produce bad consequences all the time": a sociological rationale for studying Black clergy and the reproduction of inequality -- In the field, but out of place: the emotional labor of ethnographic fieldwork -- For the love of money, for the love of Jesus: backstage on the set of the good works show -- "We will not sell God out!" -- Straining to reach the enter -- Everything is everything: beyond biography, socialization, and context towards remembering hope, power, and the possibility of deliverance.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-235) and index.
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Keywords: African Americans -- Religion; Civil rights -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; African Americans -- Civil rights; Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Civil rights movement -- United States; African American churches -- Political activity; African American clergy -- Political activity; Christianity and politics -- United States; RELIGION / Christianity / History; Electronic books