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A Will to Choose
Gordon J. Melton
其他書名
The Origins of African American Methodism
出版Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007-02-23
主題Religion / Christianity / Methodist
ISBN14616364349781461636434
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=KdZbAAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋A Will to Choose traces the history of African-American Methodism beginning with their emergence in the fledgling American Methodist movement in the 1760s. Responding to Methodism's anti-slavery stance, African-Americans joined the new movement in large numbers and by the end of the eighteenth century, had made up the largest minority in the Methodist church, filling positions of authority as class leaders, exhorters, and preachers. Through the first half of the nineteenth century, African Americans used the resources of the church in their struggle for liberation from slavery and racism in the secular culture.