God and blackness : race, gender, and identity in a middle class Afrocentric church /

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Offers an ethnographic study of blackness as it is understood within a specific community--the First Afrikan Presbyterian Church, a middle class Afrocentric congregation located in a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia. Drawing on nearly two years of participant observation and in-depth interviews, the autho...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Abrams, Andrea C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2014.
Temas:
African Americans > Religion.
Black theology.
RELIGION > Christianity > Presbyterian.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
Ethnische Identität
Kirchengemeinde
Schwarze Theologie
Schwarze
Atlanta, Ga.
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Offers an ethnographic study of blackness as it is understood within a specific community--the First Afrikan Presbyterian Church, a middle class Afrocentric congregation located in a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia. Drawing on nearly two years of participant observation and in-depth interviews, the author examines how this community has employed Afrocentrism and black theology as a means of negotiation the unreconciled natures of thoughts and ideals that are part of being both black and American.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780814705254
0814705251

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