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Taylor, Robert Joseph.

Religion in the lives of African Americans : social, psychological, and health perspectives / Robert Joseph Taylor, Linda M. Chatters, Jeff Levin. - Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, ©2004. - 1 online resource (xvii, 300 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-284) and indexes.

Foreword / Patterns of Religion -- African American Religious Participation -- The Interface Between Religiosity and Spirituality -- Models of Religious Involvement in Black Churches -- Socio-Historical Role of the Church -- Religious Denomination -- Denominational Switching -- Generational Differences in Religious Denomination -- Conceptualization and Measurement of Religious Involvement -- Structural Determinants of Religious Involvement -- Profile of Religious Participation -- Black-White Differences -- Gender Differences -- Age Differences -- Marital Status Differences -- Education and Income Differences -- Regional and Urban-Rural Differences -- Denominational Differences in Religious Participation -- Physical Health Differences -- Religious Participation Among Elderly Blacks -- Religious Participation Among Black Adolescents -- Religious Noninvolvement -- Religious Artifacts -- Religious Identity -- Focus Group Findings -- Prayer -- Reading Religious Materials -- Religious Programming -- Meditation -- Religious Participation in the Context of Work -- Living in a Christ-Like Manner -- Volunteerism as a Form of Religious Participation -- Organized Religious Activities -- The Frequency and Importance of Prayer -- Research on Prayer -- Research on Prayer Among Black Americans -- Requests for Prayer -- Communication and Relationship With God -- God as Best Friend -- Meditation and Prayer -- Prayers of Thanksgiving -- Prayers of Petition -- Prayer as Intercession -- Writing Down One's Prayers. James S. Jackson --

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"Recommended for students taking courses in racial and ethnic studies, multicultural and minority studies, black studies, religious studies, psychology, sociology, human development and family studies, gerontology, social work, public health, and nursing."--Jacket


Electronic reproduction.
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2010.


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ISBN: 9781452263076 (electronic bk.) 1452263078 (electronic bk.)

Source: 9781452263076 Ingram Content Group

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB6G2107 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 017423218 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African Americans--Religion.
Religion.
African Americans.
Religion
African Americans
Noirs américains--Religion.
Religion.
Noirs américains.
religion (discipline)
African American.
RELIGION--Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict.
African Americans--Religion.
Psychologie
Religion
Gesundheit
Gesellschaft

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Schwärze
USA

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BR563.B53 / T387 2004eb

Dewey Class. No.: 200/.89/96073

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2005 G-088 BR 563.N4 / T245r 2004