Title The labor of faith : gender and power in Black Apostolic Pentecostalism / Judith Casselberry

Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2017 ©2017

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 213 pages) Contents The instruments of faith -- Church building -- Church sustaining -- Women's work -- Harvesting souls for Christ -- The beauty of holiness Summary Judith Casselberry examines the material and spiritual labor of the women of a Black Pentecostal church in Harlem, showing how their work keeps the church running while providing them with a spiritual authority that allows them to exercise power in the male-led church Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 03, 2017) Subject Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith. SUBJECT Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith fast Subject African American Pentecostals. African American women in church work. African American women -- Religious life African American churches -- New York (State) -- New York RELIGION -- Christianity -- Denominations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies. African American churches African American Pentecostals African American women in church work African American women -- Religious life SUBJECT Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs Subject New York (State) -- New York New York (State) -- New York -- Harlem Form Electronic book LC no. 2016050622 ISBN 9780822372974 0822372975

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