Passionately Human, No Less Divine
Passionately Human, No Less Divine: Religion and Culture in Black Chicago, 1915-1952 is a non-fiction book by Wallace D. Best, published by Princeton University Press in 2007.
It discusses African-American Protestantism,[1] in Bronzeville, Chicago during the stated period in its title, which coincides with the Great Migration.[2]
Charles H. Long of University of California Santa Barbara wrote that the book "gives a religious interpretation of the Great Northern Migration or Southern Exodus itself."[3]
Reception[edit]
Anthea D. Butler, then of University of Rochester, wrote that the work "will prove to be, I hope, a pivotal text" in its field.[4]
Barbara L. Green of Wright State University stated that it was an "important contribution" and "well-researched".[5] She also stated that the information on how churches in shop space were created held interest for her.[6]
Long stated that the work "is a very important study".[7]
References[edit]
- Butler, Anthea D. (2007). "Passionately Human, No Less Divine: Religion and Culture in Black Chicago, 1915-1952". Church History. 76 (1): 218–219. doi:10.1017/S0009640700101799. S2CID 162241063. - Available at ProQuest
- Green, Barbara L. (2007). "Wallace D. Best, Passionately Human, No Less Divine: Religion and Culture in Black Chicago, 1915-1952". The Journal of African American History. 92 (1): 124–126. doi:10.1086/JAAHv92n1p124. JSTOR 20064161.
- Long, Charles H (2008). "Book, Film and Video Reviews: "Passionately Human, No less Divine: Religion and Culture in Black Chicago, 1915-1952"". Transforming Anthropology. 16 (1): 87–88. doi:10.1111/j.1548-7466.2008.00016.x. - Available at ProQuest
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Further reading[edit]
- Glenn, Charles L. (2006). "Passionately Human, No Less Divine: Religion and Culture in Black Chicago, 1915-1952". Journal of Church and State. 48 (2): 476–477. doi:10.1093/jcs/48.2.476.
- Green, Jay D. (2008). "Passionately Human, No Less Divine: Religion and Culture in Black Chicago, 1915-1952". Journal of American History. 95 (3): 890–891. doi:10.2307/27694484. JSTOR 27694484.
- Sorett, Josef (2006). "Passionately Human, No Less Divine: Religion and Culture in Black Chicago, 1915-1952". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 45 (4): 629–630. doi:10.1111/j.1468-5906.2006.00332_7.x.