Divine Callings: Understanding the Call to Ministry in Black Pentecostalism
Divine Callings: Understanding the Call to Ministry in Black Pentecostalism by Richard Pitt is an in-depth examination of how people experience being “called,” and then construct, assume, and maintain an identity as “the called” in the Pentecostal denomination Church of God in Christ. Pitt draws upo...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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Sociology of religion
Year: 2012, Volume: 73, Issue: 3, Pages: 345-346 |
| Review of: | Divine callings (New York [u.a.] : New York Univ. Press, 2012) (Edwards, Korie L.)
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| Summary: | Divine Callings: Understanding the Call to Ministry in Black Pentecostalism by Richard Pitt is an in-depth examination of how people experience being “called,” and then construct, assume, and maintain an identity as “the called” in the Pentecostal denomination Church of God in Christ. Pitt draws upon a diverse sample of interviews with 115 men and women who are licensed or aspiring-to-be licensed clergy. With this volume, he aims to address three main questions: “Who are the called? What is a calling? [and] How is the called-identity defended in the absence of professional knowledge, professional employment, or professional credentials?” (6)., We learn that the call takes place in two main stages. |
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| ISSN: | 1759-8818 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/socrel/srs045 |