Every time I feel the Spirit : religious experience and ritual in an African American church / Timothy J. Nelson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nelson, Timothy Jon.

Series:

Qualitative studies in religion.

Qualitative studies in religion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women--Religious life.

African American women.

African American women--Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2005.

New York, NY : New York University Press, [2004]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dreams and visions, prophetic words from God about ""dusty souls,"" speaking in tongues while ""in the spirit""-narratives of these and similar events comprise the heart of Every Time I Feel the Spirit . This in-depth study of a Black congregation in Charleston, South Carolina provides a window into the tremendously important yet still largely overlooked world of African American religion as the faith is lived by ordinary believers. For decades, scholars have been preoccupied with the relation between Black Christianity, civil rights, and social activism. Every Time I Feel the Spirit is about

Contents:

God's house in the Holy City

Religious experience and ritual

"Do you really know who God is?"

"On the battlefield"

"In spirit and in truth"

Sacrifice of praise

Race, class, and religion

Conclusion: belief, experience, and ritual.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-218) and index.

This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Mrz 2024)

ISBN:

9780814758816

0814758819

9781429414357

1429414359

OCLC:

779828175

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access