Gordon J. Melton

A Will to Choose (eBook, ePUB)

The Origins of African American Methodism

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A Will to Choose traces the history of African-American Methodism beginning with their emergence in the fledgling American Methodist movement in the 1760s. Responding to Methodism's anti-slavery stance, African-Americans joined the new movement in large numbers and by the end of the eighteenth century, had made up the largest minority in the Methodist church, filling positions of authority as class leaders, exhorters, and preachers. Through the first half of the nineteenth century, African Americans used the resources of the church in their struggle for liberation from slavery and racism in the secular culture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781461636434
• Artikelnr.: 39484069

Autorenporträt

J. Gordon Melton is the director of the Institute for the Study of American Religion in Santa Barbara, California. He is the author of more than twenty-five books, including the Encyclopedia of American Religions, American Religion: An Illustrated History, Encyclopedia of Protestantism, and the Encyclopedia of African American Religion.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Anthony's Legacy
Chapter 3 African American Methodism's Beginnings
Chapter 4 Emerging Centers of Black Methodism: Baltimore, Washington, D.C.,
and Wilmington
Chapter 5 Emerging Centers of Black Methodism: Philadelphia, New York City,
and Brooklyn
Chapter 6 African Methodism Away from the Cities
Chapter 7 The Push into the South
Chapter 8 Women-the New Force in Church Life
Chapter 9 Toward Emancipation
Chapter 10 Emancipation and Its Transitions