Black Church in the Post-Civil Rights Era

Name: Black Church in the Post-Civil Rights Era
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ISBN: 9781570754234

ISBN-10: 1570754233

ISBN-13: 9781570754234

Edition: 2002

Authors: Anthony B. Pinn

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Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Orbis Books
Publication date: 4/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Note on Terminology


Introduction



Historical and Theological Background



Themes in Black Church History, 1864 to 1970


The Church and Its Relationship to Africa


The Great Migration and Religious Diversification


The Black Church's Social Gospel: Jesus and Jobs


The Church and the Civil Rights Movement


The Black Church on Black Power



Themes in Black Church History, 1970 to the Present


The Black Church in Decline, 1970s-1980s


The Failed American Dream and Church Growth--1990s


1970s-1990s: Growth and Decline?


Burnings! A Late-Twentieth-Century Challenge to the Church



Beliefs and Worship in the Black Church


What the Church Believes


Worship as Celebration of Belief



Themes in Contemporary Praxis



The Black Church on Economic Issues


Community Economic Development


Poverty and Environmental Racism



The Black Church on Health and Sexuality


Illicit Drugs


HIV/AIDS


The Black Church, Health, and Health Care


Health Care on the Congregational Level


Sexuality and Homophobia



Sexism and Church Ministry


Black Women and Auxiliary Work


Women as Ordained Ministers


Womanist Theology and the Critique of Sexism



Future Considerations: Technology and Megachurches


The Megachurches


Impact of the Megachurch Phenomenon


Chronology


Notes


Selected Resources


Academic Books


Popular Literature


Encyclopedias


Journals and Periodicals


Documentaries


Internet Resources


Index