The Ground Has Shifted : : The Future of the Black Church in Post-Racial America / / Walter Earl Fluker.

Honorable Mention, Theology and Religious Studies PROSE Award A powerful insight into the historical and cultural roles of the Black churchIf we are in a post-racial era, then what is the future of the Black Church? If the US will at some time in the future be free from discrimination and prejudices...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Religion, Race, and Ethnicity ; 6
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part I. Memory: Remembering Our Story
  • 1. From Frogbottom to a Bucket of Blood
  • 2. Haunted Houses: Black Churches and the Ghost of Post- Racialism
  • 3. Cultural Hauntings: Black Church Leadership and Barack Obama
  • Part II. Vision: Retelling Our Story
  • 4. Turning from Dilemma to Diaspora
  • 5. Turning from Exodus to Exile
  • 6. Turning from the Frying Pan to the Fir
  • 7. Just above Our Heads: A Meditation from the Middle
  • Part III. Mission: Reliving Our Story
  • 8. Returning to the Little House Where We Lived and Made Do
  • 9. Cultural Asylums and the Jungles They Planted in Them
  • 10. Waking Up the Dead
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author