"Aghahowa is not promoting ... weak and waffling alternatives. She has chosen a much more difficult task. She has chosen the route of critical affirmation: she participates in both modes (of worship) and invites us to; she appreciates the two patterns she chooses to keep on inheriting and making her own; she understands two styles; she sets both in cultural context, as she says we all must". -- Martin E. Marty, from the ForewordPraising in Black and White is an informative comparison of the worship styles of two African American congregations -- one mainline, with a formal, European worship style, the other Pentecostal, with a charismatic worship style. This classification, the author notes, has often been used to distinguish "good worship" from "bad worship".Promoting an appreciation for both styles, Aghahowa examines African American worship -- its African roots and its enduring characteristics -- believing that "the challenges these Christians face in shaping meaningful worship are ofcommon concern throughout Christendom". Study questions included.