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Live Long and Prosper : How Black Megachurches Address HIV/AIDS and Poverty in the Age of Prosperity Theology.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Fordham University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (257 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780823250622
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Live Long and ProsperDDC classification:
  • 277.3/08308996073
LOC classification:
  • BR563.N4 -- B3785 2013eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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