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- catalog abstract "The New Orleans Spiritual churches constitute a distinctive African-American belief system. Influenced by Catholicism, Pentecostalism, Spiritualism, and Voodoo, the group is a New World syncretic faith, similar to Espiritismo, Santeria, and Umbanda. The Spiritual Churches of New Orleans combines a historical account of the emergence of this religion with careful ethnographic description of current congregations. At the same time, text and photographs eloquently convey. The ecstasy at the heart of the Spiritual experience. The Spiritual churches began in the 1920s as a women's movement. Men later assumed leadership in an effort to legitimate the group within the New Orleans religious community and form associations with Spiritual churches elsewhere in the United States. Unlike earlier researchers, who treated practices in the churches as expressions of black folk traditions, the authors see Spiritual ritual not as based on magic, but as. The way the sacred is acted out within an African-American aesthetic. During worship, members may be filled by the Holy Spirit, as in Pentecostal churches, or "entertain" spirits or spirit guides, as in Spiritualism or Voodoo. Prophecy and healing are presented as the markers of this faith, and the Native American figure Black Hawk as a major symbol of empowerment. Based on extensive interviews with church members, years of participant observation, and careful research. In documentary sources, this book achieves rigorous conceptual clarity in a straightforward, engaging style.".
- catalog contributor b3191107.
- catalog contributor b3191108.
- catalog coverage "New Orleans (La.) Church history.".
- catalog created "c1991.".
- catalog date "1991".
- catalog date "c1991.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1991.".
- catalog description "1. Starting Out -- 2. Historical Perspectives -- 3. The Belief System -- 4. Worship -- 5. Spirit Guides and Possession -- 6. Healing and Prophecy -- 7. Leaders, Members, and Organizations -- 8. Structure and Diversity -- Conclusion: Whither the Spiritual Churches?".
- catalog description "In documentary sources, this book achieves rigorous conceptual clarity in a straightforward, engaging style.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-221) and index.".
- catalog description "The New Orleans Spiritual churches constitute a distinctive African-American belief system. Influenced by Catholicism, Pentecostalism, Spiritualism, and Voodoo, the group is a New World syncretic faith, similar to Espiritismo, Santeria, and Umbanda. The Spiritual Churches of New Orleans combines a historical account of the emergence of this religion with careful ethnographic description of current congregations. At the same time, text and photographs eloquently convey.".
- catalog description "The ecstasy at the heart of the Spiritual experience. The Spiritual churches began in the 1920s as a women's movement. Men later assumed leadership in an effort to legitimate the group within the New Orleans religious community and form associations with Spiritual churches elsewhere in the United States. Unlike earlier researchers, who treated practices in the churches as expressions of black folk traditions, the authors see Spiritual ritual not as based on magic, but as.".
- catalog description "The way the sacred is acted out within an African-American aesthetic. During worship, members may be filled by the Holy Spirit, as in Pentecostal churches, or "entertain" spirits or spirit guides, as in Spiritualism or Voodoo. Prophecy and healing are presented as the markers of this faith, and the Native American figure Black Hawk as a major symbol of empowerment. Based on extensive interviews with church members, years of participant observation, and careful research.".
- catalog extent "xii, 235 p., [24] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0870497022 (alk. paper) :".
- catalog issued "1991".
- catalog issued "c1991.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press,".
- catalog spatial "Louisiana New Orleans.".
- catalog spatial "New Orleans (La.) Church history.".
- catalog subject "289.9 20".
- catalog subject "African American Spiritual churches Louisiana New Orleans.".
- catalog subject "BX6194.A4634 N486 1991".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Starting Out -- 2. Historical Perspectives -- 3. The Belief System -- 4. Worship -- 5. Spirit Guides and Possession -- 6. Healing and Prophecy -- 7. Leaders, Members, and Organizations -- 8. Structure and Diversity -- Conclusion: Whither the Spiritual Churches?".
- catalog title "The Spiritual churches of New Orleans : origins, beliefs, and rituals of an African-American religion / Claude F. Jacobs and Andrew J. Kaslow.".
- catalog type "Church history. fast".
- catalog type "text".