God's Spirit Lives in Me: Metaphysical Theology in Charleszetta Mother Waddles' Urban Mission to the Poor
This article explores the work of the Rev. Charleszetta Mother Waddles (1912-2001), an independent African American Christian minister who operated the Perpetual Mission for Saving Souls of All Nations in Detroit, Michigan. It argues that Mother Waddles sought to reshape and repurpose the spiritua...
| Published in: | Nova religio |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Californiarnia Press
[2018]
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Nova religio
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Waddles, Charleszetta 1912-2001
/ USA
/ Blacks
/ Poverty
/ Urban mission
/ Gospel of prosperity
/ New thought movement
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| RelBib Classification: | AZ New religious movements KDH Christian sects |
| Further subjects: | B
Charleszetta Waddles
B positive thinking B Prosperity Gospel B African American religion B New Thought B women's religious history B metaphysical Christianity |
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| Summary: | This article explores the work of the Rev. Charleszetta Mother Waddles (1912-2001), an independent African American Christian minister who operated the Perpetual Mission for Saving Souls of All Nations in Detroit, Michigan. It argues that Mother Waddles sought to reshape and repurpose the spiritual rhetoric of New Thought theologyespecially the concept of positive thinkingfor her daily practice as a home missionary and for others living in similar circumstances. Mother Waddles was distinct from other twentieth-century, African American New Thought messengers because she sought to speak to and change the lives and mindsets of other impoverished African Americans without making a theological case for their divine entitlement to material prosperity or by encouraging their desire for financial wealth. Her undated, self-published book, Attributes and Attitudes, offered twelve divine virtues that every potential home (urban) missionary worker should embodyas well as twelve negative attitudes they must rejectin order to serve others. |
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| ISSN: | 1541-8480 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Nova religio
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1525/nr.2018.22.1.5 |