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

• Autore: Campbell James T
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1995
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (445 p.)
• Disciplina: 287.632; 287/.83
• Soggetto topico: Methodist Church - South Africa - History; Missions - South Africa - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: South Africa Church history
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Songs of Zion
• ISBN: 0-19-771636-9; 1-280-60015-2; 9786610600151; 1-4237-3791-1; 0-19-536005-2; 1-60129-906-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996247943103316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno