Data was collected as part of a larger project that examined The Balm in Gilead, AIDS, and the Black Church in New York City.
However, The Balm in Gilead serves as the paradigm for examining the strategies used in creating a health social movement organization that targets religious institutions.
Panic at the church: the use of frames, social problems, and moral panics in the formation of an AIDS social movement organization
It seems simplistic to suggest that Ames is witnessing, but just like the spiritual, "There Is a
Balm in Gilead," Ames dips into his own civilization and unites with all the other fiery wicks to glow together in a spiritual incandescence of jeremiadic drama--a perpetual destruction and reconstruction, with all the mystery of its inexplicable separation and restoration.
Fraught with fire: race and theology in Marilynne Robinson's Gilead
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Three of the six pieces in the second section also focus on Philadelphia; two of the remaining three are excellent surveys on the African American communities in Lancaster and Harrisburg, "No
Balm in Gilead" by Leroy Hopkins and "Two Steps Forward, a Step-and-a-Half Back" by Gerald Eggert.
African Americans in Pennsylvania: Shifting Historical Perspectives
8:22 ("Is there no
balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there?"), he concludes: "Thus, Gilead in Transjordan had the distinction of producing balm.
Labor, Crafts and Commerce in Ancient Israel
In spite of some wild improbabilities and excessive efforts at uplift - there's not only
balm in Gilead but even redemption - you may be moved more than you want to admit, especially by scenes of women bonding and the way in which the town finally comes together.
The Spitefire Grill
Balm in Gilead (1965), Wilson's first full-length play, is set in a crowded world of hustlers and junkies.
Wilson, Lanford (Eugene)
His longer works include
Balm in Gilead (1964), The Rimers of Eldritch (1965), and This Is the Rill Speaking (1965).
Wilson, Lanford (1937- )
Margaret Lawrence, did it is described in Balm in Gilead Journey of a Healer, a loving memoir written by her daughter, Sara Lawrence Lightfoot.
The vitality and complexity of mother daughter relationships is another theme of Balm in Gilead. By book's end it is clear that the writing of it helped Light foot better understand her connection to her mother: "I look into my mother's eyes and see my own reflections -not mirror images but refracted, valed." It is not a oneway mirror; Margaret Lawrence, too, sees her own reflection in her daughter's eyes.
Balm in Gilead: Journey of a Healer
Memorial contributions may be made to the "
Balm in Gilead Ministries" which aides in the education of children in Zimbabwe, Africa.
Lorenzo "Larry" DePasquale, 91
Three friends are the creative forces behind a production of Lanford Wilson's gritty "
Balm in Gilead," opening Thursday at the Lord Leebrick Theatre.
Making it happen
A
balm in Gilead? For all the broken, abused, and ignored young?
Wine in the wilderness: many African Americans have known and risen above suffering and despair. Now black Catholics are called upon to give their "gifts of blackness" to help heal the country and the church
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to SWCRC "Life Skills," 44 Morris Street, Webster, MA 01570 or to the
Balm in Gilead, P.O.
Carla L. Kilbourne, 60