Christianity and culture in the city a postcolonial approach / [electronic resource] : edited by Samuel Cruz. - Lanham : Lexington Books, c2013. - 1 online resource (ix, 181 p.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Use of Roman Catholic material culture, ritual, and devotional practices in Haitian vodou in the greater Newark, New Jersey area: the urban context / Peter Savastano -- Between the runway and empty tomb: bodily transformations and Christian praxis in New York City's House Ball community / Edgar Rivera -- Praying aloud, in Spanish, in the South Bronx / Nicolas Dumit Estevez -- Troubling the waters: intimate violence and the church-breaking the hold of shame and secrecy / Michelle L. Nickens -- Revelation 12-13: a guerilla reading / Charlene Sinclair -- Church, the city, and its mission in the 21st century: a view from the margins / Elieser Valentin -- Praxis of integral liberation in a (post) colonial world a critical and compelling conversation / David Traverzo.

9780739176764 (electronic bk.) 0739176765 (electronic bk.)


City churches--New York.
City churches--New Jersey.
Christianity and culture--New York.
Christianity and culture--New Jersey.
Postcolonial theology.
RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues
RELIGION / Christianity / General


Electronic books.

BV637 / .C465 2013eb

261.0973/091732