Saints in Exile. [Elektronisk resurs] : The Holiness-Pentecostal Experience in African American Religion and Culture / Cheryl J. Sanders.

• Contents; Introduction: "In the World, but Not of It"; 1 The Sanctified Churches and Christian Reform: Confronting the Barriers of Race, Sex, and Class; 2 Refuge and Reconciliation in a Holiness Congregation; 3 "In the Beauty of Holiness": Ethics and Aesthetics in the Worship of the Saints; 4 Singing the Lord's Song in a Strange Land: Gospel Music and Popular Culture in the United States; 5 Resistance, Rebellion, and Reform: The Collegiate Gospel Choir and the Black Clergy Caucus; 6 Black Intellectuals and Storefront Religion in the Age of Black Consciousness.
• 7 The Church in Exile: Vital Signs outside the MainstreamConclusion: Exile and Homecoming; Notes; Index;.

• This is a study, from an insider's perspective, of the worship practices and social ethics of the African-American family of Holiness, Pentecostal, and Apostolic churches known as the Sanctified Church, identifying the theme of exile as a key to the nature of African-American religious life 

Ämnesord

Afro-amerikaner  (sao)

Religion  (sao)

Afro-American Holiness church members  (LCSH)

Afro-American Pentecostals  (LCSH)

Religion  (LCSH)

African Americans  (LCSH)

Klassifikation

BX7990.H615 S26 1996eb (LCC)

289.94 (DDC)

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