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A community text arises : a literate text and a literacy tradition in African-American churches / Beverly J. Moss.
Author
Moss, Beverly J.
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Language
English
Published/Created
Cresskill, N.J. : Hampton Press, ©2003.
Description
ix, 177 pages ; 24 cm.
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Forrestal Annex - A
LC2778.L34 M67 2003
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Subject(s)
African Americans
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Education
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African American churches
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Literacy
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United States
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Church work
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United States
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Series
Language & social processes
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Language and social processes
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-168) and indexes.
Contents
Introduction: Literacy in African American Churches: A Conversation Between the Academy and the Church Begins
A Divine Moment
Views Within the Academy
Views Within African-American Churches
Literacy as Social Process
Negotiating the Sites of Tension
African-American Church as Community
Situating the African-American Church
Church as Community
The Role of the Minister in the African-American Church
The Role of the Sermon in African-American Churches
The Sermon Genre as a Speech Event: Rhetorical Aims
Entering the Communities
Entering Reverend M.'s Church Community
Reverend M.
Preparing the Sermon
Reverend M.'s Church
Literacy Events Surrounding the Sermon
Reverend M.'s Texts
Entering Dr. N.'s Church Community
Dr. N.
Dr. N.'s Church
Dr. N.'s Texts
Entering Reverend P.'s Church Community
Reverend P.
Reverend P.'s Church
Reverend P.'s Texts
Creating a Community Within the Sermons
Constructing a Community Identity: Identifying With the People
"We, Us, Our": Becoming One Community
Collective "I"
Shared Knowledge: "Bring It To Me In a Cup I Can Recognize"
"Speaking the Language of the People": Code Switching
Shared Knowledge, Collaboration, and Dialogue
Extending Boundaries Through Shared Knowledge
"He Sure Can Preach!"
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ISBN
1572733950
9781572733954
1572733969
9781572733961
LCCN
2001039644
OCLC
47717894
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