Every time I feel the Spirit : religious experience and ritual in an African American church / Timothy J. Nelson.
Dreams and visions, prophetic words from God about ""dusty souls, "" speaking in tongues while ""in the spirit""--Narratives of these and similar events comprise the heart of Every Time I Feel the Spirit . This in-depth study of a Black congregation in Charles...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2005]
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| Series: | Qualitative studies in religion
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| Online Access: | JSTOR Open Access |
| Summary: | Dreams and visions, prophetic words from God about ""dusty souls, "" speaking in tongues while ""in the spirit""--Narratives of these and similar events comprise the heart of Every Time I Feel the Spirit . This in-depth study of a Black congregation in Charleston, South Carolina provides a window into the tremendously important yet still largely overlooked world of African American religion as the faith is lived by ordinary believers. For decades, scholars have been preoccupied with the relation between Black Christianity, civil rights, and social activism. Every Time I Feel the Spirit is about. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 222 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-218) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0814758193 9780814758199 0814758207 9780814758205 1429414359 9781429414357 0814758819 9780814758816 |