Beyond Christianity : African Americans in a New Thought Church / Darnise C. Martin.
2005
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Title
Beyond Christianity : African Americans in a New Thought Church / Darnise C. Martin.
Author
Martin, Darnise C., author.
ISBN
9781479820696
Published
New York, NY : New York University Press, [2005]
Copyright
©2005
Language
English
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In English.
Description
1 online resource
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10.18574/nyu/9781479820696.001.0001 doi
Dewey Decimal Classification
299/.93
Summary
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 an anomalous phenomenon for both Religious Science and African American religious studies. It stands at the intersection of New Thought doctrine, characterized by personal empowerment teachings,and a culturally familiar liturgical style reminiscent of Black Pentecostals and Black Spiritualists. This group challenges oversimplified concepts of the Black church experience and broadens the concept of Black religion outside the boundaries of Christianity-raising questions about what it means to be an African American congregation, and about the nature of blackness itself. Beyond Christianity adds a new dimension to the scholarship on Black religion.
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Series
Religion, Race, and Ethnicity ; 12
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print 9780814756935
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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
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