Churches and urban government in Detroit and New York, 1895-1994 / Henry Pratt ; preface by Ronald Brown.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-182) and index.

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Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Urban Churches in the Progressive Era -- Municipal Government Expansion -- Churches Confront the Industrial Age -- Formation of the Detroit Council of Churches -- Formation of the New York City Church Federation -- New York and Detroit Catholicism in the Reform Age -- Archdiocesan Caution in a Threatening Atmosphere -- Early Evolutionary Changes -- Conclusion -- Churches, Government, and the Great Depression -- The Depression in National Perspective.

The Great Depression in New York and Detroit -- Catholic Responses to the Great Depression -- New York -- Brooklyn -- Detroit -- Protestant Responses -- New York -- Protestantism's Social Welfare Impasse -- Detroit -- Pattern Persistence through Time -- Conclusion -- Churches, Civil Rights, and the Great Society -- Changes in Local Political Scenes -- New York -- Detroit -- Detroit Protestant Churches in the Civil Rights Era -- The Civil Rights Era and New York Protestantism -- Civil Rights and Threats to PC Internal Cohesion -- Civil Rights, the Great Society, and Catholicism.

Vatican II, Civil Rights, and Expanded U.S. Programs -- Archdiocesan Policies: New York -- Archdiocesan Policies: Detroit -- New York Protestantism and Appointments to City Offices -- Background -- Impediments to Influence -- Data Requirements -- Dilemmas -- Differing Approaches -- The Civic-Educational Approach -- The Moderate-Activist Approach -- The Militant-Activist Approach -- Growth of Race Consciousness -- Drawing a Sharp Line -- Some Political Realities -- Experience with Moderate Activism -- Experience with Militancy -- Conclusion -- Urban-Related National Developments.

The Malaise of Councils of Churches -- New York -- Detroit -- Archdioceses and Inner Cities Transformed -- Detroit -- Conclusion -- The Urban Church in a Conservative Political Era -- The Demographic Element -- Urban-Related National Developments -- The Malaise of Councils of Churches -- New York -- Detroit -- Archdioceses and Inner Cities Transformed -- Detroit -- Conclusion -- The Black Church in a Post-Church Federation Era -- Black Nationalism, Black Churches, and Politics in Detroit -- Hidden in Plain Sight: Black Nationalism and the Council of Black Baptist Pastors.

Rev. Charles Hill, Coleman Young, and the Politics of Self-Determination -- Coleman Young's 1973 Election Campaign -- The Black Church and Coleman Young's Later Years -- Council of Black Pastors (CBP) Organization and Structure -- New York: Churches and the Black Quest for Political Acceptance -- The Jesse Jackson Candidacy -- Churches Feel the Effect -- Citywide Interfaith Alliance -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Disturbances -- Regime Differences -- Government as Source of Validation and Legitimation -- Catholic-Protestant Disparities -- Political Appointments Campaigns.

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Annotation The first book to examine the relationship between church organizations and urban politics.

Annotation This groundbreaking study analyzes the relationship between two powerful forces--church organizations and urban politics--within New York City and Detroit from the late nineteenth through the twentieth century. Beginning in the 1890s, the social gospel movement and its secular counterpart, the Progressive movement, set the stage for powerful church and city governance connections. What followed during the next hundred years was the emergence of religious bodies as an important instrument for influencing City Hall on moral and social issues. Churches and Urban Government compares the governing styles of Detroit and New York City from 1895 to 1994 and looks at the steps city-wide religious bodies took to advance the interests of their communities and their local government during this chaotic period in urban history. Detroit and New York City make for a very interesting case study when casting the two cities' many similarities against their contrasting urban governance styles. What these cities share is a longstanding liberal political culture and comparable ethnic and racial diversity as well as large populations of Catholics and Protestants. Emphasizing the role of Black churches, Henry J. Pratt examines how immigration, the Great Depression, and the Civil Rights movement all nurtured this developing link between religion and politics, helping churches evolve into leadership roles within these metropolitan centers.

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