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God, Harlem U.S.A. : the Father Divine story Cover Image Book Book

God, Harlem U.S.A. : the Father Divine story

Watts, Jill. (Author).

Summary: How did an African-American man born in a ghetto in 1879 rise to such social and religious prominence that his followers addressed letters to him simply "God, Harlem U.S.A."? Using hitherto unknown materials, Jill Watts portrays the life and career of one of the twentieth century's most intriguing religious leaders, Father Divine. Starting as an itinerant preacher, Father Divine built an unprecedented movement that by the 1930s had spread across the nation and around the.

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  • ISBN: 0520074556 (alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9780520074552 (alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0520201728
  • ISBN: 9780520201729
  • Physical Description: print
    xvi, 249 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, c1992.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-239 and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 1. According to the Flesh -- 2. Nothing but GOD -- 3. Carrying the Message -- 4. In This Dining Room -- 5. I AM DIVINE -- 6. These Outside Directions -- 7. As a Sample and as an Example -- 8. A Kingdom without a Spot or a Wrinkle.

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Subject: Father Divine
Divine, M.J
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African American clergy Biography
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United States

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Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System:
      Augusta-Richmond Co. Public Lib. 		B FATHER DIVINE ( Send Text)
 962199002740053 ADULT Available
Live Oak Public Libraries:
      Carnegie Library 		299.93 FATHER DIVINE ( Send Text)
 50539018231171 REF Available
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      Washington Memorial Library 		HTC BIOG FATHER DIVINE ( Send Text)
 31033002773814 Tuggle Collection Available

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