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Author Barnes, Sandra L

Title Live long and prosper : how Black megachurches address HIV/AIDS and poverty in the age of prosperity theology / Sandra L. Barnes
Edition 1st ed
Published New York : Fordham University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (256 pages)
Contents Introduction: the Black megachurch -- The calling and the corner -- Black megachurch theology: making the Word flesh! -- Black megachurches and HIV/AIDS: beliefs and behavior in unsettled times -- Poverty as a frame continuum -- Conclusion: the Black megachurch in the new millennium: responding to social problems
Summary This title offers an intriguing examination of 16 representative black megachurches and explores some of their motivations and subsequent programmatic efforts in light of prosperity or 'health and wealth' theology
Analysis Black megachurch
HIV/AIDS
health and wealth theology
poverty
prosperity theology
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject African Americans -- Religion.
Big churches.
African American churches.
Black theology.
Poverty -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Church work with the poor.
AIDS (Disease) -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Church work with the sick.
Faith movement (Hagin)
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- AIDS & HIV.
African American churches
African Americans -- Religion
AIDS (Disease) -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Big churches
Black theology
Church work with the poor
Church work with the sick
Faith movement (Hagin)
Poverty -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Armut
HIV-Infektion
Megakirche
Schwarze Theologie
Schwarze
Wort-des-Glaubens-Bewegung
USA
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012022301
ISBN 9780823250622
0823250628
9780823252619
0823252612
0823249573
9780823249572
9780823249596
082324959X