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Record Nr.

UNISA996247943103316

Autore

Campbell James T

Titolo

Songs of Zion [[electronic resource] ] : the African Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States and South Africa / / James T. Campbell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1995

ISBN

0-19-771636-9

1-280-60015-2

9786610600151

1-4237-3791-1

0-19-536005-2

1-60129-906-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (445 p.)

Disciplina

287.632

287/.83

Soggetti

Methodist Church - South Africa - History

Missions - South Africa - History - 19th century

South Africa Church history

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Vindicating the Race; 2. Harnessing the Spirit; 3. Through the Looking Glass; 4. Stretch Forth Thy Hands; 5. African Methodism as a Social Movement, I; 6. African Methodism as a Social Movement, II; 7. The Making of a Religious Institution; 8. ""The Seed You Sow in Africa,""; 9. Middle Passages; Epilogue; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 innovativ