RITUAL AND STRATIFICATION IN CHICAGO NEGRO CHURCHES.

The article investigates on the hypothesis that religious ritual performs different functions for different classes within an urban American Negro population, while at the same time performing a function common to the entire class and one that is also common to all members of the particular denomina...

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Published in:	American Sociological Review Vol. 7; no. 3; pp. 352 - 362
Main Author:	Daniel, Vattel Elbert
Format:	Article
Published:	Sage Publications Inc. Jun42
Subjects:	Ritual African American churches Social stratification Christian literature City churches African American religions Chicago (Ill.) Illinois United States
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