Christian Ritual and the Creation of British Slave Societies, 1650 178

Offers 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, it argues that the tradition of liturgical worship in these places was more vibrant and more deeply rooted in European Christianity than previously thought. In addition white colonists' attachment to religious continuity was thoroughly racialized.

About the author

NICHOLAS M. BEASLEY is rector of the Church of the Resurrection in Greenwood, South Carolina.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Beasley, Nicholas M Beasley, Nicholas M. Beasley
• Assisted by: Patrick Rael (Editor), Manisha Sinha (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2010
• EAN: 9780820336459
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-3645-9
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Race in the Atlantic World, 17; Race in the Atlantic World, 17
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Karibik, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Amerikanische Geschichte, RELIGION / Christianity / Anglican, USA: Kolonisierung und Besiedlung (ca. 1600 bis 1775), HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), History - U.S., HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / General