Live Long and Prosper : How Black Megachurches Address HIV/AIDS and Poverty in the Age of Prosperity Theology.
Barnes, Sandra L.
Live Long and Prosper : How Black Megachurches Address HIV/AIDS and Poverty in the Age of Prosperity Theology. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (257 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Black Megachurch -- 1 The Calling and the Corner -- 2 Black Megachurch Theology: Making the Word Flesh! -- 3 Black Megachurches and HIV/AIDS: Beliefs and Behavior in Unsettled Times -- 4 Poverty as a Frame Continuum -- Conclusion: The Black Megachurch in the New Millennium-Responding to Social Problems -- Appendix: The Black Megachurch -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Are Black megachurches more focused on prosperity than people? Live Long and Prosper examines some of their motivations and programs in light of Prosperity or "Health and Wealth" Theology. It considers how Black megachurches address two pressing social problems among Blacks - HIV/AIDS (a "health" issue) and poverty (a "wealth" issue) - as well as influential church and clergy dynamics.
9780823250622
Big churches.
Electronic books.
BR563.N4 -- B3785 2013eb
277.3/08308996073
Live Long and Prosper : How Black Megachurches Address HIV/AIDS and Poverty in the Age of Prosperity Theology. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (257 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Black Megachurch -- 1 The Calling and the Corner -- 2 Black Megachurch Theology: Making the Word Flesh! -- 3 Black Megachurches and HIV/AIDS: Beliefs and Behavior in Unsettled Times -- 4 Poverty as a Frame Continuum -- Conclusion: The Black Megachurch in the New Millennium-Responding to Social Problems -- Appendix: The Black Megachurch -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Are Black megachurches more focused on prosperity than people? Live Long and Prosper examines some of their motivations and programs in light of Prosperity or "Health and Wealth" Theology. It considers how Black megachurches address two pressing social problems among Blacks - HIV/AIDS (a "health" issue) and poverty (a "wealth" issue) - as well as influential church and clergy dynamics.
9780823250622
Big churches.
Electronic books.
BR563.N4 -- B3785 2013eb
277.3/08308996073