A Will to Choose

The Origins of African American Methodism

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Denominations, Methodism
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Author: Gordon J. Melton ISBN: 9781461636434
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Publication: February 23, 2007
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Language: English
Author: Gordon J. Melton
ISBN: 9781461636434
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publication: February 23, 2007
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English

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.

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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.

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