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Spiritual and social transformation in African American spiritual churches : more than conjurers / Margarita Simon Guillory.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Guillory, Margarita Simon, author.
- Series:
- Routledge studies in religion ; 63.
- Routledge studies in religion ; 63
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American churches.
- African Americans--Religion.
- African Americans.
- Church and social problems--United States.
- Church and social problems.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 170 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.
- Contents:
- Protest or accommodation: political engagement in African American religion
- Setting the agenda: social activism in New Orleans' first spiritualist church
- Mother to the motherless: Mother Catherine Seal's manger for the homeless
- Laying on hands: healing as a form of political activism and spiritual restoration
- Let the women speak: gender equality and self-empowerment in African American spiritual churches
- After the storm: the response of African American spiritual churches to shifting landscapes in post-Katrina New Orleans
- A politico-spiritual approach to social activism: implications for African American religion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [159]-166) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781138307162
- 1138307165
- OCLC:
- 1005741903
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