TY - BOOK AU - White,Calvin ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - The rise to respectability: race, religion, and the Church of God in Christ AV - BX7056.A4 W45 2012eb U1 - 289.9/4 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Fayetteville PB - University of Arkansas Press KW - Mason, C. H. KW - Church of God in Christ KW - History KW - African Americans KW - Religion KW - United States KW - Church history KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: the roots of the study -- In the beginning, there stood two: the reconstruction of African American religion and the birth of the Black holiness movement -- We will let the courts speak for us: controversy within the holiness movement and the excommunication of a saint -- Mason told us not to fight: religion, respectability, and conscientious objectorship -- Come over to Macedonia and help: sanctification disguised as racial uplift -- Memphis, the hope of a promised land: the achievement of respectability for the Church of God in Christ -- "Dar he": COGIC and the national civil rights movement -- Afterword: wandering in the wilderness; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10639361 ER -