An ethnography of an African American "Holy Ghost" Church : the role of saints, shouters, and street people in the organizatonal environment of St. Paul Baptist Church in Omaha, Nebraska / James E. Floyd ; with a foreword by Chet Ballard.
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TextPublication details: Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (iii, 354 pages)Content type: - 9780773418714
- 0773418717
- African American churches -- Nebraska -- Omaha
- Social interaction -- Nebraska -- Omaha
- Églises noires américaines -- Nebraska -- Omaha
- Interaction sociale -- Nebraska -- Omaha
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies
- African American churches
- Social interaction
- Nebraska -- Omaha
- 305.6/861782254 22
- BR563.B53 F56 2010eb
- online - EBSCO
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-340) and index.
Print version record.
AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF AN AFRICAN AMERICAN `HOLY GHOST' CHURCH The Role of Saints, Shouters, and Street People in the Organizational Environment of St. Paul Baptist Church in Omaha, Nebraska; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter I: The Inductive Pursuit of a Research Problem; Chapter II: Shoutin' for My Lord -- Chapter III: The Action Seekers -- Chapter IV: The Saintly Old Fogies -- Chapter V: The Interorganizational Environment; Chapter VI: The Community Environment; Chapter VII: Church and Street-Corner Analogies.
Chapter VIII: Stress and Coping in The Metropolitan EnvironmentReferences; Index.
This work assesses of the stress caused by the Holy Ghost Church's contact with its predominantly white metropolitan environment. It bridges the gap between the literature on African American churches and the street institution.
English.