The Phonograph and the Shaping of Modern African American Religion
From 1925 to 1941, approximately one hundred African American clergymen teamed up with leading record labels such as Columbia, Paramount, Victor-RCA to record and sell their sermons on wax. This book offers the account of the oft-overlooked religious history of the phonograph industry.
The Phonograph and the Shaping of Modern African American Religion
From 1925 to 1941, African American clergymen teamed up with leading record labels such as Columbia, Paramount, Victor-RCA to record and sell their sermons on wax. These phonograph preachers significantly shaped the development of black religion during the interwar period. This book offers a religious history of the phonograph industry.
Korean Protestants and Indian Hindus across Generations
Explores the factors that may lead to greater success in ethnic preservation. This title compares Indian Americans and Korean Americans, two of the most significant ethnic groups in New York, and examines the different ways in which they preserve their ethnicity through their faith.
Korean Protestants and Indian Hindus across Generations
Does someone feel more Indian because they practice Hinduism? Does membership in a Korean Protestant church aid in maintaining ties to Korean culture? This book explores the factors that may lead to greater success in ethnic preservation.
Exposing the Disruptive Agency of the Philosophy of Karol Wojtyla
John Corrigan unveils a new reading of Karol Wojtyla/Pope John Paul II as a disruptive agency in the history of philosophical thought, resulting in a reconsideration of the anthropological foundations of our idea of culture.
This volume provides an introduction to psychological interpretations of the Hebrew Bible in general, with the Garden of Eden story as a test case. It approaches the text from Freudian, Jungian and Developmental psychologies, comparing and contrasting the different methods while taking on the hermeneutical issues. The work of Ricoeur is used to ......
This text offers a sweeping view of urban religion in response to the transformations of de-industrialized large cities. Focusing on Chicago, it explores the ways in which religious organizations both reflect and contribute to changes in American pluralism.
This text offers a sweeping view of urban religion in response to the transformations of de-industrialized large cities. Focusing on Chicago, it explores the ways in which religious organizations both reflect and contribute to changes in American pluralism.