Mighty Like a River: The Black Church and Social Reform

by Andrew Billingsley

Book Overview

Throughout the history of the African American people there has been no stronger resource for overcoming adversity than the black church. From its role in leading a group of free Blacks to form a colony in Sierra Leone in the 1790s to helping ex-slaves after the Civil War, and from playing major roles in the Civil Rights Movement to offering community outreach programs in American cities today, black churches have been the focal point of social change...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195106172
• ISBN13: 9780195106176
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A good outline of Black church history

This is a good foundation. Since the first slave ship arrived to the USA, we have been active in our liberation. As to the previous reviewer "a reader". It always amazes me how muslims can put down Christianity when they do NOTHING in our communities but talk tough. Please read YOUR history and learn that when the europeans came to power they used the slave routes of muslims who were the first to enslave continental africans(which still goes on! BTW, the koran is an edited book that has been rewritten several times. At least read your own history before speaking on others. PEACE

Fine scholarship

This certainly rates more than the single star given by another reviewer. Billingsley's book is a fine work of scholarship!