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This book identifies how church cultural components are created,
developed, and used to educate and empower adherents, and whether
and how these tools are associated with the historic Black Church.
The book is particularly interested in how large Black
congregations - megachurches - use rituals found in worship,
theology, racial beliefs, programmatic efforts, and other tools
from their cultural repertoire to instruct congregants to model
success in word and deed. The book's findings illustrate that Black
megachurches strive to model success on various fronts by tapping
into effective historic Black Church tools and creating cultural
kits that foster excitement, expectation, and entitlement.
The academy is often described as an ivory tower, isolated from the
community surrounding it. Presenting the theory, vision, and
implementation of a socially engaged program for the Department of
Human and Organizational Development (HOD) in Peabody’s College
of Education and Human Development at Vanderbilt University,
Academics in Action! describes a more integrated model wherein
students and faculty work with communities, learn from them, and
bring to bear findings from theory and research to generate
solutions to community problems. Offering examples of
community-engaged theory, scholarship, teaching, and action,
Academics in Action! describes the nuanced structures that foster
and support their development within a research university. Theory
and action span multiple ecological levels from individuals and
small groups to organizations and social structures. The
communities of engagement range from local neighborhoods and
schools to arenas of national policy and international development.
Reflecting the unique perspectives of research faculty,
practitioners, and graduate students, Academics in Action!
documents a specific philosophy of education that fosters and
supports engagement; the potentially transformative nature of
academic work for students, faculty, and the broader society; and
some of the implications and challenges of action-oriented efforts
in light of dynamics such as income inequality, racism, and global
capitalism. This edited volume chronicles teaching, research, and
community action that influences both inside and outside the
classroom as well as presents dimensions of a participatory model
that set such efforts into action.
The academy is often described as an ivory tower, isolated from the
community surrounding it. Presenting the theory, vision, and
implementation of a socially engaged program for the Department of
Human and Organizational Development (HOD) in Peabody’s College
of Education and Human Development at Vanderbilt University,
Academics in Action! describes a more integrated model wherein
students and faculty work with communities, learn from them, and
bring to bear findings from theory and research to generate
solutions to community problems. Offering examples of
community-engaged theory, scholarship, teaching, and action,
Academics in Action! describes the nuanced structures that foster
and support their development within a research university. Theory
and action span multiple ecological levels from individuals and
small groups to organizations and social structures. The
communities of engagement range from local neighborhoods and
schools to arenas of national policy and international development.
Reflecting the unique perspectives of research faculty,
practitioners, and graduate students, Academics in Action!
documents a specific philosophy of education that fosters and
supports engagement; the potentially transformative nature of
academic work for students, faculty, and the broader society; and
some of the implications and challenges of action-oriented efforts
in light of dynamics such as income inequality, racism, and global
capitalism. This edited volume chronicles teaching, research, and
community action that influences both inside and outside the
classroom as well as presents dimensions of a participatory model
that set such efforts into action.
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 complex, contemporary model
of the historic Black church in response to globalism, consumerism,
secularism, religious syncretism, and the realities of race. She
contends that many of these megachurches hold unique
characteristics of adaptability and innovation that position them
well to tackle difficult social issues. Prosperity theology
emphasizes two characteristics-physical health and economic
wealth-as examples of godly living and faith. This book considers
whether and how efforts to address HIV/AIDS (a "health" issue) and
poverty (a "wealth" issue) are influenced by church and clergy
profiles; theology, in general; and prosperity theology, in
particular. Frame analysis informs this mixed-methodological study
to compare and contrast experiences, theological beliefs, pastoral
profiles, and programs. Live Long and Prosper is a must-read for
general readers, academics, and students alike-indeed, anyone
interested in the contemporary Black megachurch's response to
social problems and the link between theology and social action. It
is at once a fascinating, readable narrative and a rich piece of
scholarship complete with extensively documented endnotes,
statistics, informative charts and tables, and an exhaustive
bibliography.
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 complex, contemporary model
of the historic Black church in response to globalism, consumerism,
secularism, religious syncretism, and the realities of race. She
contends that many of these megachurches hold unique
characteristics of adaptability and innovation that position them
well to tackle difficult social issues. Prosperity theology
emphasizes two characteristics-physical health and economic
wealth-as examples of godly living and faith. This book considers
whether and how efforts to address HIV/AIDS (a "health" issue) and
poverty (a "wealth" issue) are influenced by church and clergy
profiles; theology, in general; and prosperity theology, in
particular. Frame analysis informs this mixed-methodological study
to compare and contrast experiences, theological beliefs, pastoral
profiles, and programs. Live Long and Prosper is a must-read for
general readers, academics, and students alike-indeed, anyone
interested in the contemporary Black megachurch's response to
social problems and the link between theology and social action. It
is at once a fascinating, readable narrative and a rich piece of
scholarship complete with extensively documented endnotes,
statistics, informative charts and tables, and an exhaustive
bibliography.
Kings of Mississippi examines how a twentieth-century black
middle-class family navigated life in rural Mississippi. The book
introduces seven generations of a farming family and provides an
organic examination of how the family experienced life and economic
challenges as one of few middle-class black families living and
working alongside the many struggling black and white sharecroppers
and farmers in Gallman, Mississippi. Family narratives and census
data across time and a socio-ecological lens help assess how race,
religion, education, and key employment options influenced economic
and non-economic outcomes. Family voices explain how intangible
beliefs fueled socioeconomic outcomes despite racial, gender, and
economic stratification. The book also examines the effects of
stratification changes across time, including: post-migration;
inter- and intra-racial conflicts and compromises; and, strategic
decisions and outcomes. The book provides an unexpected glimpse at
how a family's ethos can foster upward mobility into the
middle-class.
Sandra L. Barnes helps us sort out why prejudice is unfair, what
feeds our prejudices, how to overcome prejudice, and how to avoid
being victimized by discrimination. "This holistic book is an
essential read for Christians committed to understanding prejudice
and making change," says Jenell Paris of Bethel University.
While the negative effects of urban poverty are well documented,
the everyday experiences of urban residents are often absent or
secondary in urban studies research. The Cost of Being Poor
rectifies this problem by examining both the noneconomic and the
often-overlooked economic costs faced by residents of poor urban
neighborhoods in Gary, Indiana. Using census, regional, and local
data, and in-depth interviews with the residents of Gary, Sandra L.
Barnes argues that many people incur costs resulting from the dual
dilemma of being poor and residing in a poor urban area. She
explores how factors such as race/ethnicity, neighborhood type, and
location influence residents' views, coping strategies, and
unconventional approaches toward making ends meet. Well written and
accessible, this study of Gary's poor urban neighborhoods offers
broad findings that apply to other similarly impoverished Rust Belt
cities.
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