Divine callings : understanding the call to ministry in Black Pentecostalism / Richard N. Pitt.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pitt, Richard N.
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2012], ©2012.
Subjects:
Church of God in Christ > Clergy > Appointment, call, and election.
African American clergy.
Vocation, Ecclesiastical.
Physical Description:xi, 265 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
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.