001477566 000__ 06702nam\a22010095i\4500 001477566 001__ 1477566 001477566 003__ DE-B1597 001477566 005__ 20231026034816.0 001477566 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001477566 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001477566 008__ 230103t20122012nyu\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001477566 020__ $$a9780823249596 001477566 0247_ $$a10.1515/9780823249596$$2doi 001477566 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)555063 001477566 035__ $$a(OCoLC)960757937 001477566 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001477566 0410_ $$aeng 001477566 044__ $$anyu$$cUS-NY 001477566 050_4 $$aBR563.B53 001477566 072_7 $$aREL012110$$2bisacsh 001477566 08204 $$a277.3/08308996073$$223 001477566 1001_ $$aBarnes, Sandra L., $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 001477566 24510 $$aLive Long and Prosper :$$bHow Black Megachurches Address HIV/AIDS and Poverty in the Age of Prosperity Theology /$$cSandra L. Barnes. 001477566 264_1 $$aNew York, NY : $$bFordham University Press, $$c[2012] 001477566 264_4 $$c©2012 001477566 300__ $$a1 online resource (256 p.) 001477566 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001477566 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001477566 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001477566 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001477566 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$tTables -- $$tPreface and Acknowledgments -- $$tIntroduction: The Black Megachurch -- $$t1. The Calling and the Corner -- $$t2. Black Megachurch Theology: Making the Word Flesh! -- $$t3. Black Megachurches and HIV/AIDS: Beliefs and Behavior in Unsettled Times -- $$t4. Poverty as a Frame Continuum -- $$tConclusion: The Black Megachurch in the New Millennium- Responding to Social Problems -- $$tAppendix: The Black Megachurch -- $$tNotes -- $$tBibliography -- $$tIndex 001477566 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001477566 520__ $$aThis pioneering new study of the Black megachurch phenomenon brings nuance and depth to the question, Are Black megachurches more focused on prosperity than on people?Black megachurches and their pastors are often accused of failing to use their considerable resources to help the poor; focusing on prosperity theology rather than on social justice; requiring excessive monetary and time commitments of members; and pilfering church coffers for the their personal use. The debate rages on aboutwhether these congregations are doing all they can to address specific challenges facing African American communities. Live Long and Prosper is a refreshing, innovative study that reaches beyond superficial understandings of the Black megachurch phenomenon in a piercing interrogation of how powerful megachurches address (or fail to address) two social crises in the Black community: HIV/AIDS andpoverty.Live Long and Prosper offers an intriguing examination of sixteen representative Black megachurches and explores some of their motivations and subsequent programmatic efforts in light of prosperity or "health and wealth" theology. Professor Barnes makes the case that the Black megachurch is a complex, contemporary model of the historic Black church in response to globalism, consumerism, secularism, religious syncretism, and the realities of race. She contends that many of these megachurches hold unique characteristics of adaptability and innovation that position them well to tackle difficult social issues. Prosperity theology emphasizes two characteristics-physical health and economic wealth-as examples of godly living and faith. This book considers whether and how efforts to address HIV/AIDS (a "health" issue) and poverty (a "wealth" issue) are influenced by church and clergy profiles; theology, in general; and prosperity theology, in particular. Frame analysis informs this mixed-methodological study to compare and contrast experiences, theological beliefs, pastoral profiles, and programs.Live Long and Prosper is a must-read for general readers, academics, and students alike-indeed, anyone interested in the contemporary Black megachurch's response to social problems and the link between theology and social action. It is at once a fascinating, readable narrative and a rich piece of scholarship complete withextensively documented endnotes, statistics, informative charts and tables, and an exhaustive bibliography. 001477566 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001477566 546__ $$aIn English. 001477566 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 03. 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