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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Richard N Pitt |
ISBN: | 9780814768235 0814768237 9780814768242 0814768245 |
OCLC Number: | 839924696 |
Description: | XI, 265 Seiten ; 23 cm |
Contents: | Acknowledgments Introduction 1 The Church of God in Christ: Pentecostal History, Doctrine, and Polity 2 "Heard a Voice from Heaven Say": Calling Narratives among Black Pentecostals 3 "All the World's a Stage": How Congregations Create the Called 4 "A Stutter And A Stick": The (Non-) Value of Educational Credentialing 5 "Don't Quit Your Day Job": Redefining Religious Work 6 "Chew the Meat and Spit Out the Bones": Negotiating Women's Clerical Identity 7 Legitimating New Understandings of Ministry and the Clergy Appendix Notes References Index About the Author |
Responsibility: | Richard N. Pitt. |
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"I strongly recommend Divine Callings...it's a great read that pushes scholars of religion to be more rigorous...and a must read for anyone studying or just intellectually interested in religious experience, the religious work of clergy, or clergy identity." * Sociology of Religion * "Divine Callingsoffers a comprehensive qualitative analysis of clergy in the Church of God in Christ that expands studies of clerical identity beyond the normative markers of ordination and formal education. This book, then, is necessary reading for scholars interested in social scientific approaches to religion in general and Christian clergy studies in particular." -- Margarita Simon Guillory * American Journal of Sociology * "His work provides us with the intellectual space to think about how people with other intersectional statuses, like being gay or lesbian, may navigate proscriptions against access to positions of authority within institutions that formally deny them access. This book is an excellent complement to Pitts previous work" * Social Forces * "A beautifully written and profoundly sensitive exploration of the meaning of ministry as labor and calling. It stands not only as a highly original empirical treatment of the Church of God in Christ, but as an important theoretical statement in the sociologies of religion and professions.Divine Callings will be read and discussed for many years to come." -- Omar McRoberts,University of Chicago "In an educational credentialing world, Richard Pitt takes us deep into an alternative reality-clergy by calling and anointing. A riveting read, this is serious social science that enlightens as it engages." -- Michael O. Emerson,author of Black and White in Christian America "A valuable book on religious identity enactment and legitimation processes that establish religious authority...highly recommended." -- G. Marti * CHOICE * "Pitts work provides a strong sociological analysis of the call to ministry that is engaging for scholars of religion, theologians, and sociologists." * Religious Studies Review * Read more...

