Plantation Church - How African American Religion Was Born in Caribbean Slavery

Zusatztext A brilliantly provocative and unprecedented book, told with both intimately personal prose and comprehensive and convincing data, with insights that will radically change the way we have conceptualized Black Atlantic religious traditions. This is the book that we have been waiting for. It is truly a tour de force, a must read for all! Informationen zum Autor Noel Leo Erskine is Professor of Theology and Ethics at Candler School of Theology and the Laney Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Emory University. He has been a visiting Professor in ten schools in six countries. His books include King Among the Thologians (1995), and From Garvey to Marley (2007). Klappentext In Plantation Church, Noel Leo Erskine investigates the history of the Black Church as it developed both in the United States and the Caribbean after the arrival of enslaved Africans. Zusammenfassung In Plantation Church, Noel Leo Erskine investigates the history of the Black Church as it developed both in the United States and the Caribbean after the arrival of enslaved Africans. PREFACE ; INTRODUCTION: REMEMBERING ANCESTORS ; 1. MIGRATION, DISPLACEMENT, RESISTANCE ; 2.THE MEMORY OF AFRICA ; 3.BLACK CHURCH EXPERIENCE SOUTH OF THE BORDER ; 4. PLANTATION CHURCH ; 5.THE MAKING OF THE BLACK WORLD ; 6.TOWARDS A CREOLIZED ECCLESIOLOGY ; BIBLIOGRAPHY

Product details

• Authors: Noel Leo Erskine, Noel Leo Erskine
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.03.2014
• EAN: 9780195369144
• ISBN: 978-0-19-536914-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Theologie, USA, Karibik, Ethnic Studies, RELIGION / Theology, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Religion - World Religions, HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / General, RELIGION / Ethnic & Tribal, Christianity, History of Religion, United States of America, USA, Black & Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General