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Beyond Christianity African Americans in a New Thought Church / Darnise C. Martin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martin, Darnise C.
- Series:
- Religion, race, and ethnicity.
- Religion, race, and ethnicity
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Religion.
- African Americans--California--Oakland--Religion.
- African Americans.
- California--Oakland.
- East Bay Church of Religious Science (Oakland, Calif.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (193 p.)
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "This book draws on ethnographic work in a Religious Science church in Oakland, California, to illuminate the ways in which a group of African Americans has adapted a religion typically thought of as white to fit their needs and circumstances."--BOOK JACKET.
- Contents:
- 1. What is religious science?
- 2. Historical intersections and new religious adaptations
- 3. Westward migration : African American communities in the San Francisco Bay area
- 4. East Bay Church of Religious Science in perspective
- 5. Methodological intersections and conclusions
- 6. Implications for the future.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-177) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781479820696
- 1479820695
- OCLC:
- 911626471
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