Songs of Zion The African Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States and South Africa

Name: Songs of Zion The African Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States and South Africa
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ISBN: 9780195078923

ISBN-10: 0195078926

ISBN-13: 9780195078923

Edition: 1995

Authors: James T. Campbell

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This is a study of the transplantation of a creed devised by and for African Americans--the African Methodist Episcopal Church--that was appropriated and transformed in a variety of South African contexts. Focusing on a transatlantic institution like the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the book studies the complex human and intellectual traffic that has bound African American and South African experience. It explores the development and growth of the African Methodist Episcopal Church both in South Africa and America, and the interaction between the two churches. This is a highly innovative work of comparative and religious history. Its linking of the United States and African black…

Book details

List price: $240.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/7/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 448
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.57" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.848
Language: English

James T. Campbell is professor of American civilization, Africana studies, and history at Brown University. Robert G. Lee is associate professor of American civilization at Brown University.



Preface


Book One



Vindicating the Race



Harnessing the Spirit



Through the Looking Glass


Book Two



Stretch Forth Thy Hands



African Methodism as a Social Movement, I



African Methodism as A Social Movement, II


Book Three



The Making of a Religious Institution



The Seed You Sow in Africa



Middle Passages


Epilogue


Abbreviations Used in the Notes


Notes


Index