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Scope and contents From the Collection: The C. Eric Lincoln collection (1909-2000) documents the life's work of the leading scholar on the Black Church and Black Religion in the United States. As a sociologist of religion, Dr. Lincoln is the co-author of the definitive study on the Black Church in America, a massive fourteen year inquiry into the most important institution in the African American community. Dr. Lincoln's career,. however, was not exclusively devoted to writing about the Black Church. In 1961, his doctoral...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The work in which C. Eric Lincoln engaged put him in contact with thousands of individuals in the United States and around the world. Out of these contacts came letters which relfect Lincoln's work and reputation as a scholar, writer, teacher, consultant and speaker. The letters convey information regarding Dr. Linoln's research into his early writings on the Black Muslims and later on the Black Church in America. Included are hundreds of letters to churches, scholars, publishers and...