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Author:

Carter, Rebecca Louise author.

Title:

Prayers for the people : homicide and humanity in the Crescent City / Rebecca Louise Carter.

Publisher:

The University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

273 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

Homicide--New Orleans--New Orleans--Religious aspects.
Violence--New Orleans--New Orleans--Religious aspects.
African Americans--New Orleans--New Orleans--Religion.
African Americans--New Orleans--New Orleans--Social conditions.
Church work with the bereaved--New Orleans.--New Orleans.
African American mothers--New Orleans.--New Orleans.
African American neighborhoods--New Orleans.--New Orleans.
Religion and sociology--New Orleans.--New Orleans.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-263) and index.

Contents:

Conclusion. The Crescent City illuminated. Part One. On fragile ground. The Black urban delta -- "Twelve murders and two victims?": asserting Black social and spiritual value -- Part Two. In search of love at Liberty Street. Somebodies on the battlefield for the Lord -- Thou shalt not kill: commanding peace in particular places -- Part Three. Raising dead sons. Black mothers at the center of death and transformation -- Restorative kinship: birthdays and death anniversaries for children of God -- Conclusion. The Crescent City illuminated.

Summary:

"Rebecca Carter's Prayers for the People explores the intersection of urban life, death, and social and spiritual transformation in New Orleans's diverse religious communities. Following, in particular, the "Liberty Street Baptist Church," a predominantly black congregation in the Crescent City neighborhood, Carter shows how its ministers preach hope amid the despair of grieving mothers of young black men who fall victim to homicide."--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

022663566X
9780226635668
022663552X
9780226635521

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1051679028

LCCN:

2018058214

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)