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Record Nr.

UNINA9910907087403321

Autore

Martin Darnise C

Titolo

Beyond Christianity : African Americans in a New Thought Church / / Darnise C. Martin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : New York University Press, , 2005

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2021

©2005

ISBN

9781479820696

1479820695

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

Religion, race, and ethnicity

Disciplina

299/.93

Soggetti

Religion

African Americans - Religion

African Americans - California - Oakland - Religion

Oakland <Calif.&gt

Schwarze

California Oakland

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-177) and index.

Nota di contenuto

; 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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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.