A community text arises : a literate text and a literacy tradition in African-American churches / Beverly J. Moss.

Author
Moss, Beverly J. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Cresskill, N.J. : Hampton Press, ©2003.
Description
ix, 177 pages ; 24 cm.

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    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!"
    ISBN
    • 1572733950
    • 9781572733954
    • 1572733969
    • 9781572733961
    LCCN
    2001039644
    OCLC
    47717894
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