Reviews for Name It and Claim It?: Prosperity Preaching in the Black Church

The average rating for Name It and Claim It?: Prosperity Preaching in the Black Church based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-08-09 00:00:00 Richard Slater This book describes the shift in the theology of the African-American Church. The Church had embraced liberation theology, the belief that God wants freedom and equality for everyone. Many churches are now embracing Prosperity theology, claiming entitlement to abundance in exchange for faithfulness and "right" thinking. Megachurches, and their implication of success, are one explanation for the attraction of the upwardly mobile black community to prosperity theology. Prosperity gospel churches are often large, extravagant, and technologically sophisticated. Some argue that socially and economically challenged people are attracted to the church itself as much as the message preached there because it allows them to be associated with the church's outward expressions of success. Stephanie Mitchem claims, "The impersonality of megachurches, evidenced by the distance of people from leadership, seems to add to the programmed mystique of the leadership and the evidence of 'prosperity,' which the people can attain by default by just attending the church."

Review # 2 was written on 2014-05-26 00:00:00 Saddek Alshabbi Excellent book, the book is one of a kind. Deals with the race issue from the sources of the three Abrahamic religions. Read the couple at least 3 times and still find its depth and extensive biography fascinating.