Divine callings
Subtitle: understanding the call to ministry in Black Pentecostalism
By: Richard N. Pitt
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780814768235; 9780814768242; 9780814768259; 9780814768761
Subjects: Church of God in Christ; Ecclesiastical Vocation; Appointment, call, and election; African American clergy; Clergy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Church of God in Christ: history and context; title: "Heard a voice from heaven say": calling narratives among Black Pentecostals; title: "All the world's a stage": how congregations create the called; title: "Of priests and prophets": the (non-) value of educational credentialing; title: "Don't quit your day job": redefining religious work; title: "Chew the meat and spit out the bones": negotiating women's clerical identity; title: Legitimating new understandings of ministry and the clergy.