| Description |
1 online resource (x, 261 pages) |
| Series |
Religion, race, and ethnicity series |
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Religion, race, and ethnicity.
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| Contents |
Black tongues of fire : Afro-Pentecostalism's shifting strategies and changing discourses / Estrelda Y. Alexander, Amos Yong -- The Azuza Street Mission and historic Black churches : two worlds in conflict in Los Angeles' African American community / Cecil M. Robeck Jr. -- Navigating the territory : early Afro-Pentecostalism as a movement within Black civil society / David D. Daniels III -- Laying the foundations for Azuza : Black women and public ministry in the nineteenth century / Valerie C. Cooper -- Church mothers and Pentecostals in the modern age / Clarence E. Hardy III -- Rites of lynching and rights of dance : historic, anthropological, and Afro-Pentecostal perspectives on Black manhood after 1865 / Craig Scandrett-Leatherman -- Crossing over Jordan : navigating the music of heavenly bliss and earthly desire in the lives and careers of three twentierth-century African American Holiness-Pentecostal "crossover" artists / Louis B. Gallien Jr. -- Pentecostal ethics and the prosperity gospel : is there a prophet in the house? / Cheryl J. Sanders -- Ethics in a prophetic mode : reflections of an Afro-Pentecostal radical / Leonard Lovett -- Pneumatology : contributions from African American Christian thought to the Pentecostal theological task / Willam C. Turner Jr. -- On the compatibility/incompatibility of Pentecostal premillenialism with Black Liberation theology / Frederick L. Ware -- Black Joseph : early African American charismatic missions and Pentecostal-charismatic engagements with the African motherland / Ogbu U. Kalu -- Meeting beyond these shores : Black Pentecostalism, Black theology, and the global context / Dale T. Irvin |
| Summary |
In 2006, the contemporary American Pentecostal movement celebrated its 100th birthday. Over that time, its African American sector has been markedly influential, not only vis-à-vis other branches of Pentecostalism but also throughout the Christian church. Black Christians have been integrally involved in every aspect of the Pentecostal movement since its inception and have made significant contributions to its founding as well as the evolution of Pentecostal/charismatic styles of worship, preaching, music, engagement of social issues, and theology. Yet despite its being one of the fastest grow |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-251) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
African American Pentecostals.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- Pentecostal & Charismatic.
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African American Pentecostals
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Yong, Amos
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Alexander, Estrelda, 1949-
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| ISBN |
9780814797327 |
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0814797326 |
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9780814789070 |
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0814789072 |
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