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Live Long and Prosper:How Black Megachurches Address HIV/AIDS and Poverty in the Age of Prosperity Theology : How Black Megachurches Address HIV/AIDS and Poverty in the Age of Prosperity Theology by Sandra L Barnes; ProQuest (Firm) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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This pioneering new study of the Black megachurch phenomenon brings nuance and depth to the question, Are Black megachurches more focused on prosperity than on people? Black megachurches and their pastors are often accused of failing to use their considerable resources to help the poor; focusing on prosperity theology rather than on social justice; requiring excessive monetary and time commitments of members; and pilfering church coffers for the their personal use. The debate rages on about whether these congregations are doing all they can to address specific challenges facing African American communities. Live Long and Prosper is a refreshing, innovative study that reaches beyond superficial understandings of the Black megachurch phenomenon in a piercing interrogation of how powerful megachurches address (or fail to address) two social crises in the Black community: HIV/AIDS and poverty. Live Long and Prosper offers an intriguing examination of sixteen representative Black megachurches and explores some of their motivations and subsequent programmatic efforts in light of prosperity or “health and wealth” theology. Professor Barnes makes the case that the Black megachurch is a com
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- Author
- Sandra L Barnes; ProQuest (Firm)
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780823250622
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Health & Fitness, Science, Religion
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