Daddy Grace: A Celebrity Preacher and His House of Prayer

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Daddy Grace Religion, Race, and Ethnicity General Editor: Peter J. Paris Public Religion and Urban Transformation: Faith in the City Edited by Lowell W. Livezey Down by the Riverside: Readings in African American Religion Edited by Larry G. Murphy New York Glory: Religions in the City Edited by Tony Carnes and Anna Karpathakis Religion and the Creation of Race and Ethnicity: An Introduction Edited by Craig R. Prentiss God in Chinatown: Religion and Survival in New York’s Evolving Immigrant Community Kenneth J. Guest Creole Religions of the Caribbean: An Introduction from Vodou and Santería to Obeah and Espiritismo Margarite Fernández Olmos and Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert The History of the Riverside Church in the City of New York Peter J. Paris, John Wesley Cook, James Hadnut-Beumler, Lawrence H. Mamiya, Leonora Tubbs Tisdale, and Judith Weisenfeld Foreword by Martin E. Marty Righteous Content: Black Women’s Perspectives of Church and Faith Daphne C. Wiggins Beyond Christianity: African Americans in a New Thought Church Darnise C. Martin Deeper Shades of Purple: Womanism in Religion and Society Edited by Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas Daddy Grace: A Celebrity Preacher and His House of Prayer Marie W. Dallam Daddy Grace A Celebrity Preacher and His House of Prayer Marie W. Dallam a N E W Y O R K U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S New York and London n e w y o r k u n i v e r s i t y p r e s s New York and London www.nyupress.org© 2007 by New York University All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Dallam, Marie W. Daddy Grace : a celebrity preacher and his house of prayer / Marie W. Dallam. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-2010-3 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-8147-2010-2 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. United House of Prayer for All People. 2. Grace, Daddy, 1882?–1960. I. Title. BX8777.6.A4D35 2007 289.9'4—dc22 2007023496 New York University Press books are printed on acid-free paper, and their binding materials are chosen for strength and durability. Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ...