| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 300 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-284) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Foreword / James S. Jackson -- Patterns of Religion -- African American Religious Participation -- Interface Between Religiosity and Spirituality -- Models of Religious Involvement in Black Churches -- Socio-Historical Role of the Church -- Religious Denomination -- Denominational Switching -- Generational Differences in Religious Denomination -- Conceptualization and Measurement of Religious Involvement -- Structural Determinants of Religious Involvement -- Profile of Religious Participation -- Black-White Differences -- Gender Differences -- Age Differences -- Marital Status Differences -- Education and Income Differences -- Regional and Urban-Rural Differences -- Denominational Differences in Religious Participation -- Physical Health Differences -- Religious Participation Among Elderly Blacks -- Religious Participation Among Black Adolescents -- Religious Noninvolvement -- Religious Artifacts -- Religious Identity -- Focus Group Findings -- Prayer -- Reading Religious Materials -- Religious Programming -- Meditation -- Religious Participation in the Context of Work -- Living in a Christ-Like Manner -- Volunteerism as a Form of Religious Participation -- Organized Religious Activities -- Frequency and Importance of Prayer -- Research on Prayer -- Research on Prayer Among Black Americans -- Requests for Prayer -- Communication and Relationship With God -- God as Best Friend -- Meditation and Prayer -- Prayers of Thanksgiving -- Prayers of Petition -- Prayer as Intercession -- Writing Down One's Prayers. |
| Summary |
"Recommended for students taking courses in racial and ethnic studies, multicultural and minority studies, black studies, religious studies, psychology, sociology, human development and family studies, gerontology, social work, public health, and nursing."--Jacket. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Religion.
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African Americans -- Religion. |
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Religion. |
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Black or African American. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Chatters, Linda M.
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Levin, Jeffrey S.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Taylor, Robert Joseph. Religion in the lives of African Americans. Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, ©2004 076191708X (DLC) 2003009117 (OCoLC)52109386 |
| ISBN |
9781452263076 (electronic book) |
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1452263078 (electronic book) |
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076191708X |
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9780761917083 |
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0761917098 |
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9780761917090 |
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