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Author Floyd, James E.

Title 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.

Publication Info. Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (iii, 354 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-340) and index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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.
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Subject African American churches -- Nebraska -- Omaha.
African American churches.
Nebraska -- Omaha.
Social interaction -- Nebraska -- Omaha.
Social interaction.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Floyd, James E. Ethnography of an African American "Holy Ghost" Church. Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2010 9780773414464 (DLC) 2010045350 (OCoLC)678536057
ISBN 9780773418714 (electronic book)
0773418717 (electronic book)
9780773414464
0773414460