The Black Church revisited: toward a new millennium DuBoisian mode of inquiry
Despite predictions to the contrary, religion continues to play an integral role in the lives of Americans in general and African Americans in particular. This essay focuses on the place of the contemporary Black Church1 and dynamics relative to relevance, semi-involuntariness, and consumerism as to...
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Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
[2014]
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Sociology of religion
Year: 2014, Volume: 75, Issue: 4, Pages: 607-621 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Du Bois, William E. B. 1868-1963
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/ USA
/ Blacks
/ Denomination (Religion)
/ Social identity
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RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CB Christian life; spirituality KBQ North America |
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Summary: | Despite predictions to the contrary, religion continues to play an integral role in the lives of Americans in general and African Americans in particular. This essay focuses on the place of the contemporary Black Church1 and dynamics relative to relevance, semi-involuntariness, and consumerism as topics for continued sociological research on Black religious life in the spirit of scholarly inquiry by W. E. B. DuBois. |
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ISSN: | 1069-4404 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociology of religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/socrel/sru056 |