Christianity and Culture in the City : a Postcolonial Approach.
Cruz, Samuel.
Christianity and Culture in the City : a Postcolonial Approach. - Lanham : Lexington Books, 2012. - 1 online resource (193 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Use of Roman Catholic material culture, ritual, and devotional practices in Haitian vodou in the greater Newark, New Jersey, area: the urban context / Between the runway and the empty tomb : bodily transformations and Christian praxis in New York City's House Ball community / Praying aloud, in Spanish, in the South Bronx / Troubling the waters : intimate violence and the church--breaking the hold of shame and secrecy / Revelation 12-13: a guerilla reading / The Church, the city, and its mission in the twenty-first century : a view from the margins / A Praxis of integral liberation in a (post) colonial world : a critical and compelling conversation / Peter Savastano -- Edgar Rivera Colón -- Nicolás Dumit Estévez -- Michelle L. Nickens -- Charlene Sinclair -- Elieser Valentin -- David Traverzo.
This volume examines how the manifestation and development of diverse expressions of Christianities in the city offer potentialities and innovative models for the liberation struggles and gospel incarnation within various social, historical, economic, cultural/ethnic, sexual, and gender realities. In the thick of struggling communities in our changing city contexts, this book offers a conceptual and practical map for viewing the complex realities that shape and impact the presence and transformation of Christianities in city life.
9780739176764 0739176765 9781299137424 1299137423
444992 MIL
City churches--New York.
City churches--New Jersey.
Christianity and culture--New York.
Christianity and culture--New Jersey.
Postcolonial theology.
Théologie post-coloniale.
RELIGION--Christian Life--Social Issues.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
Christianity and culture
City churches
Postcolonial theology
New Jersey
Electronic books.
BV637 / .C465 2013eb
261.0973
Christianity and Culture in the City : a Postcolonial Approach. - Lanham : Lexington Books, 2012. - 1 online resource (193 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Use of Roman Catholic material culture, ritual, and devotional practices in Haitian vodou in the greater Newark, New Jersey, area: the urban context / Between the runway and the empty tomb : bodily transformations and Christian praxis in New York City's House Ball community / Praying aloud, in Spanish, in the South Bronx / Troubling the waters : intimate violence and the church--breaking the hold of shame and secrecy / Revelation 12-13: a guerilla reading / The Church, the city, and its mission in the twenty-first century : a view from the margins / A Praxis of integral liberation in a (post) colonial world : a critical and compelling conversation / Peter Savastano -- Edgar Rivera Colón -- Nicolás Dumit Estévez -- Michelle L. Nickens -- Charlene Sinclair -- Elieser Valentin -- David Traverzo.
This volume examines how the manifestation and development of diverse expressions of Christianities in the city offer potentialities and innovative models for the liberation struggles and gospel incarnation within various social, historical, economic, cultural/ethnic, sexual, and gender realities. In the thick of struggling communities in our changing city contexts, this book offers a conceptual and practical map for viewing the complex realities that shape and impact the presence and transformation of Christianities in city life.
9780739176764 0739176765 9781299137424 1299137423
444992 MIL
City churches--New York.
City churches--New Jersey.
Christianity and culture--New York.
Christianity and culture--New Jersey.
Postcolonial theology.
Théologie post-coloniale.
RELIGION--Christian Life--Social Issues.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
Christianity and culture
City churches
Postcolonial theology
New Jersey
Electronic books.
BV637 / .C465 2013eb
261.0973