Book
The Seminole Baptist churches of Oklahoma: maintaining a traditional community
University of Oklahoma Press • 233 • Published In 1999 • Pages: xii, 260
By: Schultz, Jack M. (Jack Maurice).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an ethnography of a Seminole Baptist church in Oklahoma. Schultz discusses the various ceremonies which outside of Sunday services includes weekly Prayer Meetings, Fourth Sunday Meetings, and Big (or Communion) Meetings. The latter two include members of other Baptist churches, involving the broader community. Schultz shows that far from being a mechanism of assimilation, Christianity has been adapted to maintain Seminole community and identity, incorporating some elements from their traditional rituals and belief system. A major part of the study focuses on one congregation and the turmoil and conflict revolving around the selection of new pastor. Borrowing heavily from the work of Erving Goffman, Schultz coins the term 'congregational face' to talk about how community is maintained through face-saving acts by leaders.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Community structure
- Priesthood
- Congregations
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Seminole
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2001
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1990-1994
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1990-1994
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Seminole County, Oklahoma, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Jack M. Schultz
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-253) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 98048406
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Seminole Indians