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Saved and Sanctified

The Rise of a Storefront Church in Great Migration Philadelphia

by Deidre Helen Crumbley

  • Paperback
  • 224 pages
  • Publisher: University Press of Florida
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.4 cm

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During the early twentieth century, millions of southern blacks moved north to escape the violent racism of the Jim Crow South and to find employment in urban centers. They transplanted not only themselves but also their culture; in the midst of this tumultuous demographic transition emerged a new social institution, the storefront sanctified church. "Saved and Sanctified" focuses on one such Philadelphia church that was started above a horse stable, was founded by a woman born sixteen years after the Emancipation Proclamation, and is still active today. "The Church," as it is known to its members, offers a unique perspective on an under-studied aspect of African American religious institutions. Through painstaking historical and ethnographic research, Deidre Helen Crumbley illuminates the crucial role these oftentimes controversial churches played in the spiritual life of the African American community during and after the Great Migration. She provides a new perspective on women and their leadership roles, examines the loose or nonexistent relationship these Pentecostal churches have with existing denominations, and dispels common prejudices about those who attend storefront churches. Skillfully interweaving personal vignettes from her own experience as a member, along with life stories of founding members, Crumbley provides new insights into the importance of grassroots religion and community-based houses of worship. Deidre Helen Crumbley is an anthropologist and associate professor in the Africana Studies Program at North Carolina State University, and the author of "Spirit, Structure, and Flesh: Gendered Experiences in African Instituted Churches among the Yoruba of Nigeria."
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  • Author

    Deidre Helen Crumbley

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    University Press of Florida

  • Published

    March 2013

  • Weight

    336g

  • Page Count

    224

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.4 cm

  • ISBN

    9780813049007

  • ISBN-10

    0813049008

  • Eden Code

    4072790

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