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PublisherDuke University Press

ISBN-100822324490

ISBN-139780822324492

eBay Product ID (ePID)1136124

Product Key Features

Edition2

Book TitleAfrican American Religious History : a Documentary Witness

Number of Pages606 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2000

TopicUnited States / 20th Century, Christianity / History, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies

GenreReligion, Social Science, History

AuthorMilton C. Sernett

Book SeriesThe C. Eric Lincoln Series on the Black Experience Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight30.5 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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LCCN99-016287

Dewey Edition21

ReviewsFrom reviews of the first edition:"Anyone interested in America's religious past, and, specifically the black religious experience will be rewarded by reading and urging others to read this fine 'anthology.'" - Robert Michael Franklin, Journal of the American Academy of Religion "Sernett deserves the highest marks for this collection."-Stephen J. Stein, Religious Studies Review " . . this book will long stand as a major and valuable tool for the study of Afro-American religious history." - Sandy D. Martin, The Black Scholar

Dewey Decimal200

SynopsisThis is a 2nd edition of the 1985 anthology that examines the religious history of African Americans., This widely-heralded collection of remarkable documents offers a view of African American religious history from Africa and early America through Reconstruction to the rise of black nationalism, civil rights, and black theology of today. The documents-many of them rare, out-of-print, or difficult to find-include personal narratives, sermons, letters, protest pamphlets, early denominational histories, journalistic accounts, and theological statements. In this volume Olaudah Equiano describes Ibo religion. Lemuel Haynes gives a black Puritan's farewell. Nat Turner confesses. Jarena Lee becomes a female preacher among the African Methodists. Frederick Douglass discusses Christianity and slavery. Isaac Lane preaches among the freedmen. Nannie Helen Burroughs reports on the work of Baptist women. African Methodist bishops deliberate on the Great Migration. Bishop C. H. Mason tells of the Pentecostal experience. Mahalia Jackson recalls the glory of singing at the 1963 March on Washington. Martin Luther King, Jr. writes from the Birmingham jail. Originally published in 1985, this expanded second edition includes new sources on women, African missions, and the Great Migration. Milton C. Sernett provides a general introduction as well as historical context and comment for each document., This widely-heralded collection of remarkable documents offers a view of African American religious history from Africa and early America through Reconstruction to the rise of black nationalism, civil rights, and black theology of today. The documents--many of them rare, out-of-print, or difficult to find--include personal narratives, sermons, letters, protest pamphlets, early denominational histories, journalistic accounts, and theological statements. In this volume Olaudah Equiano describes Ibo religion. Lemuel Haynes gives a black Puritan's farewell. Nat Turner confesses. Jarena Lee becomes a female preacher among the African Methodists. Frederick Douglass discusses Christianity and slavery. Isaac Lane preaches among the freedmen. Nannie Helen Burroughs reports on the work of Baptist women. African Methodist bishops deliberate on the Great Migration. Bishop C. H. Mason tells of the Pentecostal experience. Mahalia Jackson recalls the glory of singing at the 1963 March on Washington. Martin Luther King, Jr. writes from the Birmingham jail. Originally published in 1985, this expanded second edition includes new sources on women, African missions, and the Great Migration. Milton C. Sernett provides a general introduction as well as historical context and comment for each document.

LC Classification NumberBR563