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Casselberry, “The Labor of Faith”

Casselberry, Judith.  2017.  The Labor of Faith: Gender and Power in Black Apostolic Pentecostalism.  Durham: Duke University Press. Publisher’s Description: …

April 27, 2017 ndca-admin

McGee, “Brand New Theology”

McGee, Paula L.  2016. Brand® New Theology: The Wal-Martization of T.D. Jakes and the New Black Church. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis …

January 30, 2017 ndca-admin

Klaits & McLean, “Valuing Black Lives: Pentecostalism, charismatic gifts, and human economies in a U.S. inner city”

Klaits, Frederick and Shenita A. McLean. 2015. Valuing Black lives: Pentecostalism, charismatic gifts, and human economies in a U.S. inner …

November 1, 2015 ndca-admin

Chipumuro, “Pastor, Mentor, or Father? The Contested Intimacies of the Eddie Long Sex Abuse Scandal”

Chipumuro, Todne. 2014. “Pastor, Mentor, or Father? The Contested Intimacies of the Eddie Long Sex Abuse Scandal.” Journal of Afrcana Religions 2(1):1-30. …

January 22, 2014 ndca-admin

Chipumuro, “Breaking Bread with the Brethren: Fraternalism and Text in a Black Atlantic Church Community”

Chipumuro Todne Thomas. 2012. Breaking Bread with the Brethren: Fraternalism and Text in a Black Atlantic Church Community. Journal of African American Studies 16(4):604–621  …

December 7, 2013 ndca-admin

Casselberry, “The Politics of Righteousness”

Casselberry, Judith.  2013.  The Politics of Righteousness: Race and Gender in Apostolic Pentecostalism.  Transforming Anthropology 21(1): 72-86. Excerpt: The contours …

April 2, 2013 ndca-admin

Marina, “Getting the Holy Ghost”

Marina, Peter. 2013. Getting the Holy Ghost: Urban Ethnography in a Brooklyn Pentecostal Tongue-Speaking Church. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. Publisher’s …

January 20, 2013 ndca-admin

Crumbley, “Saved and Sanctified”

Crumbley, Deidre. 2012. Saved and Sanctified: The Rise of a Storefront Church in Great Migration Philadelphia. Gainsville, FL: University Press …

April 13, 2012 ndca-admin

Goluboff, “Making African American Homeplaces”

Goluboff, Sascha L. 2011. Making African American Homeplaces in Rural Virginia. Ethos 39(3):368-394. Abstract: In this article, I propose that …

October 24, 2011 ndca-admin

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