Divine Callings : Understanding the Call to Ministry in Black Pentecostalism /

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One of the unique aspects of the religious profession is the high percentage of those who claim to be ""called by God"" to do their work. This call is particularly important within African American Christian traditions. Divine Callings offers a rare sociological examination of th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pitt, Richard N.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Church of God in Christ.
Church of God in Christ > Clergy > Appointment, call, and election.
Vocation, Ecclesiastical.
Clergy > Appointment, call, and election.
African American clergy.
RELIGION > Christianity > Pentecostal & Charismatic.
RELIGION > Leadership.
RELIGION > Christian Church > Leadership.
Vocation sacerdotale.
Clerge noir americain.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Church of God in Christ: Pentecostal history, doctrine, and polity
  • "Heard a voice from heaven say": calling narratives among Black Pentecostals
  • "All the world's a stage": how congregations create the called
  • "A Stutter and a Stick": the (non- ) value of educational credentialing
  • "Don't quit your day job": redefining religious work
  • "Chew the meat and spit out the bones": negotiating women's clerical identity
  • Legitimating new understandings of ministry and the clergy.

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