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God, Harlem U.S.A. : The Father Divine Story
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ISBN: 0520916697 0585249873 9780520916692 9780585249872 0520074556 0520201728 Year: 1992 Publisher: Berkeley, California : University of California Press,

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How did an African-American man born in a ghetto in 1879 rise to such 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 attracted followers across the nation and around the world. As his ministry grew, so did the controversy surrounding his enormous wealth, flamboyant style, and committed "angels"—black and white, rich and poor alike.Here for the first time a full account of Father Divine's childhood and early years challenges previous contentions that he was born into a sharecropping family in the deep South. While earlier biographers have concentrated on Father Divine's social and economic programs, Watts focuses on his theology, which gives new meaning to secular activities that often appeared contradictory. Although much has been written about Father Divine, God, Harlem U.S.A. finally provides a balanced and intimate account of his life's work.

America's alternative religions
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ISBN: 0585045844 9780585045849 0791423972 0791423980 9781438413112 Year: 1995 Publisher: Albany : State University of New York Press,

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Cults --- Sects --- Religion --- Philosophy & Religion --- North & South American Religions --- United States --- 289.93 --- 289.93 Niet-confessioneel neo-christianisme --- Niet-confessioneel neo-christianisme --- 1960 --- -Cults --- established Christian alternative religion --- the Anabaptists --- Methodist holiness --- Pentecostal spirituality --- Adventism --- Jehovah's Witnesses --- Protestantism --- the Latter-day Saints Churches --- Christian Science --- American culture --- American Quakerism --- Swedenborgianism --- Unitarian Universalism --- Christian movements --- Jewish movements --- Roman Catholic Traditionalism --- Hasidism --- Alternative Jewish Movements in America --- British-Israelism --- Christian Identity --- the Children of God --- the Boston Church of Christ --- Holy Order of MANS --- Christ the Savior Brotherhood --- the Branch Davidians --- religions from Asia --- Buddhism --- Hinduism --- Hindu movements --- Hare Krishna --- the Unification Church --- religions from the Middle East --- Islam --- the American Baha'i community --- Sufism --- Gurdjief --- Subud --- African-American freedom movements --- Black Jews --- Black Muslims --- Father Divine's Peace Mission Movement --- Santeria --- Vodou --- Rastafarianism --- Peoples Temple --- ancient wisdom --- New Age movements --- theosophy --- New Thought --- the Harmonial Family --- Spiritualism --- Channeling --- Neo-Paganism --- witchcraft --- the Association for Research and Enlightenment --- Eckankar --- Hippie communal spirituality --- new religions:American Indian religion --- the Church of Scientology --- UFO religious movements --- Satanism --- Satanic Churches --- Modern American Anticult Ideology --- Opus Dei

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