Live Long and Prosper: How Black Megachurches Address HIV/AIDS and Poverty in the Age of Prosperity Theology
Star Trek character Spock's famous phrase, “Live long and prosper,” aptly summarizes the theological promises of prosperity theology, which has a heavy influence in black megachurches. However, these words may seem unrealistic to the American black population that continues to experience dispro...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford Univ. Press
2014
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Sociology of religion
Year: 2014, Volume: 75, Issue: 2, Pages: 346-347 |
| Review of: | Live long and prosper (New York : Fordham Univ. Press, 2013) (Martinez, Brandon C.)
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| Summary: | Star Trek character Spock's famous phrase, “Live long and prosper,” aptly summarizes the theological promises of prosperity theology, which has a heavy influence in black megachurches. However, these words may seem unrealistic to the American black population that continues to experience disproportionate amounts of both poverty and HIV/AIDS. In her book, Sandra Barnes investigates how black churches of 2000 or more participants reconcile this prevalent health and wealth theology with their seemingly incompatible surrounding environment. Her primary objectives are to understand how these churches view HIV/AIDS and poverty and why, and to understand what, if anything, they do to address these issues. |
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| ISSN: | 1759-8818 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/socrel/sru024 |