TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pitt,Richard N.
TI  - Divine callings: understanding the call to ministry in Black Pentecostalism 
SN  - 9780814768259
AV  - BX7056.Z5 P58 2012eb
U1  - 262/.14973 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - New York University Press
KW  - Church of God in Christ
KW  - Clergy
KW  - Appointment, call, and election
KW  - fast
KW  - African American clergy
KW  - Vocation, Ecclesiastical
KW  - Clergé noir américain
KW  - Vocation sacerdotale
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christian Church
KW  - Leadership
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Pentecostal & Charismatic
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The Church of God in Christ: Pentecostal history, doctrine, and polity -- "Heard a voice from heaven say": calling narratives among Black Pentecostals -- "All the world's a stage": how congregations create the called -- "A Stutter and a Stick": the (non- ) value of educational credentialing -- "Don't quit your day job": redefining religious work -- "Chew the meat and spit out the bones": negotiating women's clerical identity -- Legitimating new understandings of ministry and the clergy
N2  - One of the unique aspects of the religious profession is the high percentage of those who claim to be ""called by God"" to do their work. This call is particularly important within African American Christian traditions. Divine Callings offers a rare sociological examination of this markedly understudied phenomenon within black ministry. Richard N. Pitt draws on over 100 in-depth interviews with Black Pentecostal ministers in the Church of God in Christo both those ordained and licensed and those aspiringoto examine how these men and women experience and pursue ""the call."" Viewing divine call
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