Black Church Beginnings: The Long-Hidden Realities of the First Years
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Book Description
Black Church Beginnings provides an intimate look at the struggles of African Americans to establish spiritual communities in the harsh world of slavery in the American colonies. Written by one of today's foremost experts on African American religion, this book traces the growth of the black church from its start in the mid-1700s to the end of the nineteenth century.
As Henry Mitchell shows, the first African American churches didn't just organize; they labored hard, long, and sacrificially to form a meaningful, independent faith. Mitchell insightfully takes readers inside this process of development. He candidly examines the challenge of finding adequately trained pastors for new local congregations, confrontations resulting from internal class structure in big city churches, and obstacles posed by emerging denominationalism.
Original in its subject matter and singular in its analysis, Mitchell's Black Church Beginnings makes a major contribution to the study of American church history.
About the Author
Henry H. Mitchell is retired from a wide-ranging academic career as a professor of history, black church studies, and homiletics, most recently at the Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, Georgia. His many books include Black Preaching and Soul Theology.
Black Church Beginnings: The Long-Hidden Realities of the First Years,Henry H. Mitchell,Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company,0802827853,African American churches,African Americans,Christianity - History - General,Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor,History,Religion,Religion - Church History,American history: c 1500 to c 1800,American history: c 1800 to c 1900,Black studies,North America,Religion: general,Slavery & emancipation,c 1700 to c 1800,c 1800 to c 1900
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