Evangelism and resistance in the Black Atlantic, 1760-1835 /

This study focuses on the role of early African American Christianity in the formation of American egalitarian religion and politics. It also provides a new context for understanding how black Christianity and evangelism developed, spread, and interacted with transatlantic religious cultures of the...

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Hlavní autor: May, Cedrick, 1969-
Médium: Licensed eBooks
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©2008.
Edice:Book collections on Project MUSE.
On-line přístup:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=311006
Obsah:
  • Jupiter Hammon and the written beginnings of Black theology
  • Phillis Wheatley and the charge toward progressive Black theologies
  • John Marrant and the narrative construction of an early Black Methodist evangelical
  • Prince Hall and the influence of revolutionary enlightenment philosophy on the institutionalization of Black religion
  • Richard Allen and the further institutionalization of Black theologies
  • Maria Stewart and the mission of Black women in evangelicalism.