Prayers for the People: Homicide and Humanity in the Crescent City

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: The Crescent City -- Part One: On Fragile Ground -- Clouds -- 1. The Black Urban Delta -- 2. "Twelve Murders and Two Victims?": Asserting Black Social and Spiritual Value -- Part Two: In Search of Love at Liberty Street -- Walk Out There on Faith -- 3. So...

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Main Author: Carter, Rebecca Louise (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago University of Chicago Press 2019
In:Year: 2019
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Homicide-Louisiana-New Orleans-Religious aspects
Violence-Louisiana-New Orleans-Religious aspects
African Americans-Louisiana-New Orleans-Religion
African Americans-Louisiana-New Orleans-Social conditions
Church work with the bereaved-Louisiana-New Orleans
African American mothers-Louisiana-New Orleans
African American neighborhoods-Louisiana-New Orleans
Religion and sociology-Louisiana-New Orleans
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Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: 9780226635521
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Summary:Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: The Crescent City -- Part One: On Fragile Ground -- Clouds -- 1. The Black Urban Delta -- 2. "Twelve Murders and Two Victims?": Asserting Black Social and Spiritual Value -- Part Two: In Search of Love at Liberty Street -- Walk Out There on Faith -- 3. Somebodies on the Battlefield for the Lord -- 4. THOU SHALT NOT KILL: Commanding Peace in Particular Places -- Part Three: Raising Dead Sons -- Seeing -- 5. Black Mothers at the Center of Death and Transformation -- 6. Restorative Kinship: Birthdays and Death Anniversaries for Children of God -- Conclusion: The Crescent City Illuminated -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (283 pages)
ISBN:978-0-226-63583-5