Daddy Grace

Name: Daddy Grace
Rating: 5
ISBN: 9780814720370

ISBN: 9780814720370 出版年：2007 页码：273 Dallam New York University Press

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Charles Manuel Sweet Daddy Grace founded the United House of Prayer for All People in Wareham, Massachusetts, in 1919. This charismatic church has been regarded as one of the most extreme Pentecostal sects in the country. In addition to attention-getting maneuvers such as wearing purple suits with glitzy jewelry, purchasing high profile real estate, and conducting baptisms in city streets with a fire hose, the flamboyant Grace reputedly accepted massive donations from his poverty-stricken followers and used the money to live lavishly. It was assumed by many that Grace was the charismatic glue that held his church together, and that once he was gone the institution would disintegrate. Instead, following his 1960 death there was a period of confusion, restructuring, and streamlining. Today the House of Prayer remains an active church with a national membership in the tens of thousands.Daddy Grace: A Celebrity Preacher and His House of Prayer seriously examines the religious nature of the House of Prayer, the dimensions of Grace's leadership strategies, and the connections between his often ostentatious acts and the intentional infrastructure of the House of Prayer. Furthermore, woven through the text are analyses of the race, class, and gender issues manifest in the House of Prayer structure under Grace's aegis.Marie W. Dallam here offers both a religious history of the House of Prayer as an institution and an intellectual history of its colorful and enigmatic leader.

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Kindle Customer

This was a memorable read for me! Having grown up in Augusta, GA, my paternal grandmother joined the United House of Prayer for all People early in her life and remained a staunch member until her death in 1991 at the age of 92. Saint Andrews occupied an apartment in the rear of the UHOP church in Augusta. She was a mentor of then Elder Bailey (now Bishop and leader of the church). Miss Dallam's book is an on target, well thought out representation of a man who was truly before his time and set the bar in the world of evangelical revivalist type leaders. Grace rarely gets his due for achieving success in organizing the often disenfranchised and building a LASTING church. While some ridicule the UHOP for certain practices, considering the humble beginnings,internal conflicts and other issues affecting organized religions,"The House that Daddy Built" is quite intact. Wether or not you're familiar with the era or the man, you'll come away with a better understanding of both.

george c. luckette

Great condition, great price, a great book

Merica Saint John

I had heard of this man but knew nothing of his history. Very interesting and informative. Helpful for anyone studying charismatic leaders of any period in time.

Malcolm Barksdale

Hats off to Dr. Marie Dallam for producing the most courageous, scholarly, and surprisingly candid expose on Daddy Grace and the lost and scattered sheep for whom he structured a nurturing apparatus. Her book does not have many significant shortcomings and, given the history of reporting on the subject, it certainly is an excellent positive start. The few faults of the book primarily appear in the form of omissions-apparently due to the author's limited access to information (germane personal information), about her subject. However, the Hebrew lineage of the da Graca (Gracias) clan is an issue to which prime treatment could have been given but was not. That is unfortunate - for therein lay the key to knowledge and understanding of the mission, First Testament bent, and evolving Second Testament theology and doctrine followed by Daddy Grace (the celebrity preacher) and his House of Prayer. Overall, Dr. Dallam did a commendable job in writing this book. My hat goes off to her. Malcolm Barksdale

roz

Good book, didn't really capture the true church and it's faith in God.

Treg Monty

Quite a history about a self-made man

Manu Omowale

Excellent study.

B. J.

Quick shipment Daddy Grace: A Celebrity Preacher and His House of Prayer (Religion, Race, and Ethnicity)

Kindle Customer

This was a memorable read for me! Having grown up in Augusta, GA, my paternal grandmother joined the United House of Prayer for all People early in her life and remained a staunch member until her death in 1991 at the age of 92. Saint Andrews occupied an apartment in the rear of the UHOP church in Augusta. She was a mentor of then Elder Bailey (now Bishop and leader of the church).Miss Dallam's book is an on target, well thought out representation of a man who was truly before his time and set the bar in the world of evangelical revivalist type leaders. Grace rarely gets his due for achieving success in organizing the often disenfranchised and building a LASTING church. While some ridicule the UHOP for certain practices, considering the humble beginnings,internal conflicts and other issues affecting organized religions,"The House that Daddy Built" is quite intact. Wether or not you're familiar with the era or the man, you'll come away with a better understanding of both.

D. A. Sherron

Exceptional book. Really details the life of Daddy Grace.