Beyond Christianity : : African Americans in a New Thought Church / / Darnise C. Martin.
Beyond Christianity draws on rich ethnographic work in a Religious Science church in Oakland, California, to illuminate the ways a group of African Americans has adapted a religion typically thought of as white to fit their needs and circumstances.This predominantly African American congregation is...
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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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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2005] ©2005 |
| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Religion, Race, and Ethnicity ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 What Is Religious Science?
- 2 Historical Intersections and New Religious Adaptations
- 3 Westward Migration
- 4 East Bay Church of Religious Science in Perspective
- 5 Methodological Intersections and Conclusions
- 6 Implications for the Future
- Appendix
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author