Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in the nineteenth century /

Exploring the parameters of the African Methodist Episcopal Church's dual existence as evangelical Christians and as children of Ham, this book explains how the denomination relies on the rhetoric of evangelicalism and heathenism to construct an identity. A. Nevell Owens shows how the "Voi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Owens, A. Nevell (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Subjects:
African Methodist Episcopal Church > History > 19th century.
African Methodist Episcopal Church (Africa) > Missions.
African Methodist Episcopal Church (Africa)
African Methodist Episcopal Church
1800-1899
African American Methodists > History > 19th century.
Méthodistes noirs américains > Histoire > 19e siècle.
RELIGION > Christianity > Methodist.
African American Methodists
Missions
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Rhetoric of identity : the African Methodist Episcopal Church and what it means to be children of God and children of Ham
  • It is salvation we want : the path to spiritual redemption and social uplift
  • Saving the heathen : the AMEC and it's Africanist discourse
  • Africa for Christ : the voice of mission and African redemption
  • We have been believers : revisiting AMEC rhetoric of evangelical Christianity.

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