Divine Callings : : Understanding the Call to Ministry in Black Pentecostalism /

Divine Callings : : Understanding the Call to Ministry in Black Pentecostalism / / Richard N. Pitt.

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One of the unique aspects of the religious profession is the high percentage of those who claim to be “called by God” to do their work. This call is particularly important within African American Christian traditions. Divine Callings offers a rare sociological examination of this markedly understudi...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Pitt, Richard N.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • PART I. INTRODUCTION
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Church of God in Christ
  • PART II. BECOMING THE CALLED
  • 2 “Heard a Voice from Heaven Say”
  • 3 “All the World’s a Stage”
  • PART III. BEING THE CALLED
  • 4 “A Stutter And A Stick”
  • 5 “Don’t Quit Your Day Job”
  • 6 “Chew the Meat and Spit Out the Bones”
  • PART IV. Conclusion
  • 7 Legitimating New Understandings of Ministry and the Clergy
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author

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