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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... sanctuary we were surprised to discover that we were the first ones there. Well, almost the first. Reverend Wright, Eastside Chapel's thin, dark-skinned, and serious-looking pastor, was on the dais in a lime-green Fila sweat suit ...
... sanctuary, my wife asked our new acquaintance Ronald if he wanted a ride. He gladly accepted the offer, as he had walked to the church from the northern end of the neighborhood, just on the other side of the Silas Perlman Bridge that ...
... sanctuary itself holds about two hundred worshippers and is decorated according to the standard form of so many small Southern churches: white walls, red carpet, and few adornments. A computer-generated paper banner on the south wall ...
... sanctuary, and bought an abandoned house across the street he intended to turn into a halfway house for drug-addicted men. The congregation had grown by about a third since Reverend Wright had come to Eastside Chapel, and toward the end ...
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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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Every Time I Feel the Spirit: Religious Experience and Ritual in an African ... Timothy Nelson No preview available - 2005 |