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Father Divine ( IPA: 'faːðɘ dɪ'vaɪn), zu Deutsch „Göttlicher Vater“, (geb. 1879 als George Baker; gest. 10. September 1965 in Woodmont, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) war ein US-amerikanischer religiöser Führer, der vor allem in den 1930er Jahren in den Vereinigten Staaten tätig war.
Father Divine ( c. 1876 – September 10, 1965), also known as Reverend M. J. Divine, was an American spiritual leader [2] from about 1907 until his death in 1965. His full self-given name was Reverend Major Jealous Divine, and he was also known as "the Messenger" early in his life.
- September 10, 1965 (aged 89), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- 1st: Penninah Divine, 2nd: Edna Rose Ritchings
Father Divine, prominent African American religious leader of the 1930s. The Depression-era movement he founded, the Peace Mission, was originally dismissed as a cult, but it still exists and is now generally hailed as an important precursor of the civil rights movement.
9. Juli 2007 · Who Was Father Divine? Early 20th-century preacher Father Divine saw himself as God on earth. We take a look at the life and times of the African-American spiritual leader with Princeton ...
25. Feb. 2008 · Learn about the life and legacy of Father Divine, who founded the International Peace Missions Movement and believed he was the second coming of Christ. He led a movement of interracial communal living and economic self-sufficiency that spread across the nation and abroad in the 1930s and 1940s.
6. März 2004 · 1933: Father Divine Established His headquarters in Harlem, New York City where He fed and housed the people. A complete meal was 10 or 15 cents and housing was $1.50 or $2.00 per week. 1934: Father Divine Began the Establishment of Peace Mission Extensions and integrated “The Promised Land,” in Ulster County, Upstate New York
Father Divine. Peace Mission, predominantly black 20th-century religious movement in the United States, founded and led by Father Divine (1878/80–1965), who was regarded, or worshiped, by his followers as God, Dean of the Universe, and Harnesser of Atomic Energy.
