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, in Bronzeville, Chicago during the stated period in its title, which coincides with the Great Migration.
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."
Reception
Anthea D. Butler, then of University of Rochester, wrote that the work "will prove to be, I hope, a pivotal text" in its field.
Barbara L. Green of Wright State University stated that it was an "important contribution" and "well-researched". She also stated that the information on how churches in shop space were created held interest for her.
Long stated that the work "is a very important study".
References
- 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
Notes
- Green, Barbara, p. 124.
- Butler, p. 218.
- Long, p. 87.
- Butler, p. 219.
- Green, Barbara, p. 126.
- Green, Barbara, p. 125.
- Long, p. 88.
Further reading
- 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.
External links
- Passionately Human, No Less Divine: Religion and Culture in Black Chicago, 1915–1952 - Princeton University Press
- Passionately Human, No Less Divine: Religion and Culture in Black Chicago, 1915–1952 - At DeGruyter