Towards liturgies that reconcile : race and ritual among African-American and European-American Protestants / Scott Haldeman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haldeman, Scott (William Scott)

Series:

Liturgy, worship, and society.

Liturgy, worship, and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liturgies--United States.

Liturgies.

Worship.

Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Race relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 p.)

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Towards Liturgies that Reconcile reflects upon Christian worship as it is shaped, and mis-shaped, by human prejudice, specifically by racism. African Americans and European Americans have lived together for 400 years on the continent of North America, but they have done so as slave and master, outsider and insider, oppressed and oppressor. Scott Haldeman traces the development of Protestant worship among whites and blacks, showing that the following exist in tension: African American and European American Protestant liturgical traditions are both interdependent and distinct; and that multicult

Contents:

Liturgical theology in context

"Once your were no people ... now you are God's people" : an analytical narrative of the construction of African-American Protestant liturgical traditions

"Cities on hills" : an analytical narrative of the construction of European-American Protestant liturgical traditions

Barriers built, barriers broken : the intersection of African-American and European-American liturgical traditions

"Discerning the body" : US racism, Protestant worship and sacramental theology.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-173) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-351-87851-4

1-315-23592-7

1-281-09940-6

9786611099404

0-7546-8657-4

9781315235929

OCLC:

427508900