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Floyd, James E.

Dr. James E. Floyd is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Psychology and Sociology at Macon State College in Macon, Georgia. Dr. Floyd holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Boston College, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

Ethnography of an African American ‘Holy Ghost’ Church. The Role of Saints, Shouters, and Street People in the Organizational Environment of St. Paul Baptist Church in Omaha, Nebraska

2010 0-7734-1446-0
Assesses of the stress caused by the Holy Ghost Church’s contact with its predominantly white metropolitan environment. It bridges the gap between the literature on African American churches and the street institution.