The Labor of Faith

Description:

Judith Casselberry examines the material and spiritual labor of the women of a Black Pentecostal church in Harlem, showing how their work keeps the church running while providing them with a spiritual authority that allows them to exercise power in the male-led church.--Publisher description.

subjects: African americans, religion,  African american churches,  United states, religion,  New york (n.y.), social life and customs,  Faith,  African American Pentecostals,  African American women in church work,  African American women,  Religious life,  Religious life and customs,  Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith