Black Gods of the Metropolis: Negro Religious Cults of the Urban North
- ISBN-10
- 0812210018
- ISBN-13
- 9780812210019
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 128
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1944
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Author
- Arthur Huff Fauset
Description
The origins, structures, membership, beliefs, rituals, finances, and sacred texts of the Church of God, the Moorish Science Temple of America, the Father Divine Peace Mission Movement, and other cults are detailed
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