Every Time I Feel the Spirit: Religious Experience and Ritual in an African American ChurchNYU Press, 2005 - 222 pages Dreams and visions, prophetic words from God about "dusty souls," speaking in tongues while "in the spirit"—narratives of these and similar events comprise the heart of Every Time I Feel the Spirit. This in-depth study of a Black congregation in Charleston, South Carolina provides a window into the tremendously important yet still largely overlooked world of African American religion as the faith is lived by ordinary believers. |
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Religious Experience and Ritual in an African American Church Timothy Nelson. Q . S ... Church Timothy J. Nelson Every Time I Feel the Spirit Religious Experience and Ritual.
... religious experience and ritual in an African American church / Timothy J. Nelson. p. cm. – (Qualitative studies in religion) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0–8147-5819–3 (hardcover: alk, paper) – ISBN 0-81.47–5820 ...
Religious Experience and Ritual in an African American Church Timothy Nelson. Contents Acknowledgments Introduction God's House in the Holy City Religious Experience and Ritual “Do You Really Know Who God Is?” “On the Battlefield” “In ...
Religious Experience and Ritual in an African American Church Timothy Nelson. father had even taught for a while at a charismatic seminary in Orange County, California. But those were white, mostly middle-to-lower-middleclass ...
Religious Experience and Ritual in an African American Church Timothy Nelson. just that—people—and to discover the myriad ways in which we are all essentially similar. Through the course of researching this book, my wife and I became ...
Contents
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Religious Experience and Ritual | 46 |
Do You Really Know Who God Is? | 64 |
On the Battlefield | 93 |
In Spirit and in Truth | 116 |
Sacrifice of Praise | 145 |
Race Class and Religion | 172 |
Belief Experience and Ritual | 192 |
Notes | 209 |
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