Post Revolutionary Times? Activism and Acquiescence in the Generations of Black Clergy Following King

Even with this burden, leaders with higher educational attainment, lived experiences in dangerous, deteriorating, and impoverished neighborhoods, and who had been trained to be advocates for the poor or disadvantaged developed a consciousness, or sociological imagination, which enabled them to educate congregation members on current social ails and effectively redirect church resources towards causes which sought to alleviate certain forms of human suffering. Though bounded by the restrictions of socialization, the efforts of these leaders -- more than their peers who lacked a sociological imagination and saw inequality as individual, personal troubles -- empowered church members and residents of the community the church was housed in through education, advocacy, and support.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Sociology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Weissinger, Sandra Ellen

Contributors dc:contributor

• Zerai, Assata

• Black Studies

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3411456

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/86233