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Faith in their own color : Black Episcopalians in antebellum New York City /

On a September afternoon in 1853, three African American men from St. Philip's Church walked into the Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of New York and took their seats among five hundred wealthy and powerful white church leaders. Ultimately, and with great reluctance, the Convention had acce...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Townsend, Craig D., 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2005.
Colección:Religion and American culture (New York, N.Y.)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Improper Associates; Chapter 2. Freedom's Defects; Chapter 3. Hobart and the High Church; Chapter 4. One of Their Own Colour; Chapter 5. An Orderly and Devout Congregation; Chapter 6. A Bitter Thralldom; Chapter 7. A Godly Admonition; Chapter 8. Peculiar Circumstances; Chapter 9. The Chains That Bind; Chapter 10. Promoting Improvement; Chapter 11. Partaking of the Heavenly Gift; Chapter 12. To Employ a Colored Clergyman; Chapter 13. A State of Schism; Chapter 14. A Bishop's Trials.
  • Chapter 15. Exciting the Deepest FeelingsChapter 16. Vouchsafed to All Men; Chapter 17. The Heart Must Be Changed; Chapter 18. The Beauties of Freedom; Chapter 19. Economic Opportunity and Religious Choice; Chapter 20. Attentive to Their Devotions; Chapter 21. The Express Wishes of Nearly All; Chapter 22. Injurious to the Cause of Religion; Chapter 23. A Fulness of Assent; Chapter 24. But One Fold and One Chief Shepherd; Appendix. Parishioners of St. Philip's Church; Notes; Index; Series List.