Lawrence H. Mamiya (1942-2019) was professor emeritus of religion and Africana studies at Vassar College. A distinguished scholar of religion, he coauthored The Black Church in the African American Experience, which received the 1990 distinguished book award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion.
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Black churches in America have long been recognized as the most independent, stable, and dominant institutions in black communities. The Black Church in the African American Experience, based on a ten-year study, is the largest nongovernmental study of ur... SEE MORE