Beyond Christianity : African Americans in a New Thought Church /
"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.
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
2005.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.