03685nam 22007213u 450 991080861960332120230807215601.00-7391-9443-70-7391-9442-9(CKB)3710000000413195(EBL)2051663(OCoLC)909369996(SSID)ssj0001482735(PQKBManifestationID)12625241(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001482735(PQKBWorkID)11423091(PQKB)10821111(MiAaPQ)EBC2051663(EXLCZ)99371000000041319520151026d2015|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrReligion, Flesh, and Blood[electronic resource] The Convergence of HIV/AIDS, Black Sexual Expression, and Therapeutic ReligionLexington Books20151 online resource (186 p.)Description based upon print version of record.""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 The Therapeutic Ethic""; ""2 A Portrait of Unity Fellowship Church""; ""3 Wrestling with Religion and the Rise of Personalized Religion""; ""4 Reconciling Religious Contradictions""; ""5 The Unintended Consequences of Therapeutic Religion""; ""6 Therapeutic Religion and Ambivalence""; ""7 Articulating Limits and Boundaries""; ""8 Lifting Up the Carpet, Opening Doors, and Reintegration""; ""9 Pain, the Truth of Human Feelings, and the Need for Therapeutic Religion""; ""Appendix""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""About the Author""This is a case study of one congregation within the Unity Fellowship Church Movement that relies on therapeutic religion, a form of religion that strives to equip individuals with psychological capital, by enabling self-expressions and affirmations of social differences. The therapeutic ethic that characterizes this congregation has enabled some freedoms that are otherwise disallowed in traditional congregations. These new freedoms inadvertently have led to certain excesses, including overtly sexual language and behaviors. But this is not to say that the congregation disregards conventional noReligion, Flesh, and Blood AIDS (Disease)--Religious aspects--ChristianityHIV infections--Religious aspects--ChristianityMedicine--Religious aspects--Christianity--Case studiesUnity Fellowship of Christ Church, Los AngelesMedicineReligious aspectsChristianityCase studiesHIV infectionsChristianityReligious aspectsAIDS (Disease)ChristianityReligious aspectsAfrican AmericansReligionReligionHILCCPhilosophy & ReligionHILCCChristianityHILCCAIDS (Disease)--Religious aspects--Christianity.HIV infections--Religious aspects--Christianity.Medicine--Religious aspects--Christianity--Case studies.Unity Fellowship of Christ Church, Los Angeles.MedicineReligious aspectsChristianityHIV infectionsChristianityReligious aspectsAIDS (Disease)ChristianityReligious aspectsAfrican AmericansReligionReligionPhilosophy & ReligionChristianity289.9Leong Pamela972292AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910808619603321Religion, Flesh, and Blood4111362UNINA