Live long and prosper
Subtitle: how Black megachurches address HIV/AIDS and poverty in the age of prosperity theology
By: Sandra L. Barnes
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780823249565; 9780823249572
Subjects: Big churches; AIDS (Disease); Black theology; African Americans; Christianity; Religion; Poverty; African American churches; Church work with the sick; Church work with the poor; Faith movement (Hagin)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the Black megachurch; title: The calling and the corner; title: Black megachurch theology: making the Word flesh!; title: Black megachurches and HIV/AIDS: beliefs and behavior in unsettled times; title: Poverty as a frame continuum; title: Conclusion: the Black megachurch in the new millennium: responding to social problems.