The Church on the Margins Living Christian Community

by Sawyer, Mary R.

• ISBN13: 9781563383663
• ISBN10: 1563383667
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-07-24
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark

Summary

Examines the state of the American Christian community from a cross-cultural perspective.

Author Biography

Mary R. Sawyer is Professor of Religious Studies at Iowa State University, where she also teaches African American studies.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction: Models of Christianity	1	(20)
PART 1: THE IMPERIAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES	21	(54)
1. Religious Roots of a New Nation	23	(16)
2. The First One Hundred Years	39	(18)
3. The Twentieth Century	57	(18)
PART 2: THE CHURCH ON THE MARGINS	75	(146)
4. African American Communalism	81	(24)
5. Native American Indigenization	105	(20)
6. Latina/Latino Ecclesiology	125	(26)
7. Asian American Syncretism	151	(16)
8. Women's Sacred Communities	167	(32)
9. GLBT Gifts and Grievances	199	(22)
PART 3: TOWARD A RENEWED AND TRANSFORMED CHURCH	221	(38)
10. Enclaves of Renewers and Transformers	227	(32)
Appendix 1: Ethnic Minority Memberships of Selected Denominations	259	(6)
Appendix 2: Stories of Christian Community	265	(18)
Index	283