Black Bishop
Subtitle: Edward T. Demby and the Struggle for Racial Equality in the Episcopal Church (Studies in Angelican History)
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: December 27, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780252026188
Subjects: Protestantism & Protestant Churches; Black American Sociology; Episcopal Churches; Social Science; Biography / Autobiography; Religion; North America; USA; Christianity - Episcopalian; Christianity - History - Protestant; Religious; Religion / Episcopalianism; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; (Edward Thomas),; 1869-1957; 20th century; African American clergy; Biography; Bishops; Demby, Edward T; Demby, Edward T.; Episcopal Church; History; Race relations; Religious aspects
First sentence: Sitting at the back of the church, the Right Reverend Edward T. Demby, the only black Episcopal bishop with jurisdiction in the United States, looked up to see the Right Reverend Edwin Saphore, the acting bishop of Arkansas, ex- tend the communion plate in the direction of the black clergy.