Upon This Rock: Miracles of a Black Church, the

"Freedman's vivid, wonderfully affecting book . . . is journalism of the highest order, a compassionate account of a year in the life of an extraordinary man, a charismatic Brooklyn preacher named Reverend Johnny Ray Youngblood, . . . . A sharply focused, triumphant hymn-shouting wonder of a book documenting the spiritual and worldly struggles of a people grappling with everyday realities that would test the convictions of a saint." --Entertainment Weekly (A)

"Upon This Rock provides a route back to hope for all readers." --Christian Science Monitor

In this widely acclaimed bestseller, Samuel Freedman, the author of Small Victories, tackles another explosive issue, this time race in America, by taking an in-depth look at the pastor of a thriving Black church in one of New York's most desperate slums.

Author: Samuel G. Freedman
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 02/16/1994
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.06h x 5.44w x 0.89d
ISBN: 9780060924591


Award: Helen Bernstein Book Award - Winner