Christian ritual and the creation of British slave societies, 1650-1780 / / Nicholas M. Beasley

• Autore: Beasley Nicholas M
• Pubblicazione: Athens, Georgia, : University of Georgia Press, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (238 p.)
• Disciplina: 283.086/25
• Soggetto topico: British - America - Religion; Plantation life - Barbados - History; Plantation life - Jamaica - History; Plantation life - South Carolina - History
• Soggetto geografico: Barbados Church history; Great Britain Church history; Great Britain Colonies America Religious life and customs; Jamaica Church history; South Carolina Church history
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-211) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Christian ritual in British slave societies -- Ritual time and space in the British plantation colonies -- Marriage and baptism in the British plantation colonies -- The meanings of the Eucharist in the plantation world -- Mortuary ritual in the British plantation colonies -- Revolution, Evangelicalisms, and the fragmentation of Anglo-America.
• Sommario/riassunto: A new and challenging look at Christian institutions and practices in Britain's Caribbean and southern American colonies. Focusing on the plantation societies of Barbados, Jamaica, and South Carolina, Beasley finds that the tradition of liturgical worship was more vibrant and more deeply rooted in European Christianity than previously thought.
• Titolo autorizzato: Christian ritual and the creation of British slave societies, 1650-1780
• ISBN: 0-8203-3645-9; 1-282-55330-5; 9786612553301
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822054403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Race in the Atlantic world, 1700-1900.