Sentences with phrase «black church tradition»

Black church tradition, when untampered with, encourages the expression of feelings.

I grew up in the black church tradition, and in the black church tradition, we talk about speaking truth to power in a prophetic voice.

Perhaps it seems odd to you to approach the Bible this way, but in many ways, this method of reading the Bible is actually similar to the way the black church tradition has read the Bible (especially Exodus).

Not exact matches

Reconciliation Blues: A Black Evangelical's Inside View of White Christianity by Edward Gilbreath: Those in the evangelical tradition will benefit from this honest and insightful book that weaves together personal experience and historical consideration to explore the state of racial reconciliation in the church.

In a collection of essays entitled The Sanctified Church, Zora Neale Hurston described the traditions of the African American holiness and Pentecostal churches as a «revitalizing element» in black music and religion.

It provides a totally new perspective from which black people can view themselves, others, Scripture, church, tradition and reason.

The black church continues to be the captive of the tradition - ridden.

To be clear, visits by candidates to religious institutions — particularly black churches — are a time - honored tradition in New York and elsewhere, and generally they don't include a formal endorsement, which would, of course, put nonprofit status in danger.

It's a method that actively engages an audience, and although this universal device is as old as human speech in every corner of the world, in the American psyche it is particularly tied to black churches and the gospel tradition.