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Divine Callings : Understanding the Call to Ministry in Black Pentecostalism / Richard N. Pitt.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: New York : New York University Press, 2012Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780814768259
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Online resources:
Contents:
The Church of God in Christ: Pentecostal history, doctrine, and polity -- "Heard a voice from heaven say": calling narratives among Black Pentecostals -- "All the world's a stage": how congregations create the called -- "A Stutter and a Stick": the (non- ) value of educational credentialing -- "Don't quit your day job": redefining religious work -- "Chew the meat and spit out the bones": negotiating women's clerical identity -- Legitimating new understandings of ministry and the clergy.
Summary: One of the unique aspects of the religious profession is the high percentage of those who claim to be ""called by God"" to do their work. This call is particularly important within African American Christian traditions. Divine Callings offers a rare sociological examination of this markedly understudied phenomenon within black ministry. Richard N. Pitt draws on over 100 in-depth interviews with Black Pentecostal ministers in the Church of God in Christo both those ordained and licensed and those aspiringoto examine how these men and women experience and pursue ""the call."" Viewing divine call
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The Church of God in Christ: Pentecostal history, doctrine, and polity -- "Heard a voice from heaven say": calling narratives among Black Pentecostals -- "All the world's a stage": how congregations create the called -- "A Stutter and a Stick": the (non- ) value of educational credentialing -- "Don't quit your day job": redefining religious work -- "Chew the meat and spit out the bones": negotiating women's clerical identity -- Legitimating new understandings of ministry and the clergy.

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One of the unique aspects of the religious profession is the high percentage of those who claim to be ""called by God"" to do their work. This call is particularly important within African American Christian traditions. Divine Callings offers a rare sociological examination of this markedly understudied phenomenon within black ministry. Richard N. Pitt draws on over 100 in-depth interviews with Black Pentecostal ministers in the Church of God in Christo both those ordained and licensed and those aspiringoto examine how these men and women experience and pursue ""the call."" Viewing divine call

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