Divine callings : understanding the call to ministry in Black Pentecostalism /

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Author / Creator:Pitt, Richard N.
Imprint:New York : New York University Press, ©2012.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 265 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11124490
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ISBN:9780814768259
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9780814768235
0814768237
9780814768242
0814768245
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary: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 this markedly understudied phenomenon within black ministry. Richard N. Pitt draws on over 100 in-depth interviews with Black Pentecostal ministers in the Church of God in Christo both those ordained and licensed and those aspiringoto examine how these men and women experience and pursue ""the call."" Viewing divine call.
Other form:Print version: Pitt, Richard N. Divine callings. New York : New York University Press, ©2012 9780814768235

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