Mary E. Abrums

Moving the Rock

Poverty and Faith in a Black Storefront Church

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Produktbeschreibung

Moving the Rock tells the stories of a group of African American women who belong to a small storefront church in central Seattle.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Altamira Press
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 546g
• ISBN-13: 9780759113190
• ISBN-10: 075911319X
• Artikelnr.: 26867707

Autorenporträt

By Mary E. Abrums

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction: A Short History Part I. Morning Sun Missionary
Baptist Church Chapter 1. Morning Sun Church and Its Leaders Chapter 2. The
Family Chapter 3. Motherhood Part II. The Women of Morning Sun Church
Chapter 4. Molly Lake Lander: "I Guess I Have to Go to Jesus" Chapter 5.
Caren Lake: "Having a Dream" Chapter 6. Mahalia Lake: "I Don't Ask the Lord
to Move the Mountain, Just Give Me the Strength to Climb It" Chapter 7.
Mable Jackson: "All I Asked the Lord for Was a Man with a Cigarette and a
Job" Chapter 8. Betty Jones: "I Like to Go!" Chapter 9. Joann Jones Newton:
"When God Comes, He's Getting Some of Every Race" Chapter 10. Marie Jones
Smith: "Getting that Made-Up Mind" Chapter 11. Linda Wilson, Marie's
Daughter: "All These Years I Have Become Stronger" Part III. The Research
Process Chapter 12. The Research, the Women, and Me Appendix: The Research
Questions, Theories, and Methods