Evangelism and resistance in the Black Atlantic, 1760-1835 / Cedrick May.
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TextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©2008.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 157 pages)Content type: - 9780820336336
- 0820336335
- American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism
- Christianity and literature -- United States -- History -- 18th century
- Christianity and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Religion and politics -- United States -- History -- 18th century
- Religion and politics -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- African Americans -- Religion -- History
- Civil rights -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
- African American evangelists
- African Americans -- Religion
- Christianisme et littérature -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 18e siècle
- Christianisme et littérature -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Religion et politique -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 18e siècle
- Religion et politique -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Noirs américains -- Religion -- Histoire
- Droits de l'homme -- Aspect religieux -- Christianisme
- Prédicateurs noirs américains
- Noirs américains -- Religion
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- African American
- African American evangelists
- African Americans -- Religion
- American literature -- African American authors
- Christianity and literature
- Civil rights -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
- Religion and politics
- United States
- 1700-1899
- 810.9/3823 22
- PS153.N5 M2695 2008eb
- online - EBSCO
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-151) and index.
Jupiter Hammon and the written beginnings of Black theology -- Phillis Wheatley and the charge toward progressive Black theologies -- John Marrant and the narrative construction of an early Black Methodist evangelical -- Prince Hall and the influence of revolutionary enlightenment philosophy on the institutionalization of Black religion -- Richard Allen and the further institutionalization of Black theologies -- Maria Stewart and the mission of Black women in evangelicalism.
Print version record.
This study focuses on the role of early African American Christianity in the formation of American egalitarian religion and politics. It also provides a new context for understanding how black Christianity and evangelism developed, spread, and interacted with transatlantic religious cultures of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.