Christianity and culture in the city : a postcolonial approach / edited by Samuel Cruz.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Use of Roman Catholic material culture, ritual, and devotional practices in Haitian vodou in the greater Newark, New Jersey area: the urban context / Peter Savastano -- Between the runway and empty tomb: bodily transformations and Christian praxis in New York City's House Ball community / Edgar Rivera -- Praying aloud, in Spanish, in the South Bronx / Nicolas Dumit Estevez -- Troubling the waters: intimate violence and the church-breaking the hold of shame and secrecy / Michelle L. Nickens -- Revelation 12-13: a guerilla reading / Charlene Sinclair -- Church, the city, and its mission in the 21st century: a view from the margins / Elieser Valentin -- Praxis of integral liberation in a (post) colonial world a critical and compelling conversation / David Traverzo.