Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-278) and index.
Contents
The formation and development of Brooklyn's Black churches from the nineteenth to the early twentieth centuries -- The rise of Black holiness-pentecostal culture in Brooklyn -- Brooklyn's Black churches and the growth of mass culture -- The failure to make things better: Brooklyn's Black ministers and the deterioration of Bedford-Stuyvesant -- The ministers' committee for job opportunities for Brooklyn and the downstate medical center campaign -- Driven by the spirit: African American women and the Black churches of Brooklyn.