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Bible Witness in Black Churches / by G. Baker-Fletcher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baker-Fletcher, Garth Kasimu, 1955-
- Series:
- Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice, 2945-6983
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion and sociology.
- Christianity.
- Bible--Study and teaching.
- Bible.
- Sociology of Religion.
- Biblical Studies.
- Local Subjects:
- Sociology of Religion.
- Christianity.
- Biblical Studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (202 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2009.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Baker-Fletcher explores the Bible as a uniquely authoritative text within the context of Black church worship and service to the world, as well as analysing the Bible's central role in three forms of witness: translation, proclamation, and empowerment.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Having church : black folks doing church
- Standing on the shoulders of those gone before
- The Word
- Translated witness
- Proclaimed witness
- Empowered witness
- Proverbs: mother wit and da streetz
- Vision.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786612674259
- 9781282674257
- 1282674250
- 9780230623835
- 0230623832
- OCLC:
- 650310435
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