A Sociology of Black Clergy in the State of Illinois: Activism and Acquiescence in the Post-Civil Rights Generation

by Sandra Ellen Weissinger

This study analyzes the relationship between the church and adherents during the Civil Rights Movement by asking what factors lead pastors to support and promote church based activism, fights for equity, and the equal distribution of resources in society. Data is derived from participant observation at three church sites in the state of Illinois over the course of three years.

242 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2011