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Songs of Zion - The African Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States and South Africa (Paperback, New edition) Loot Price: R1,376
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Songs of Zion - The African Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States and South Africa (Paperback, New edition): James T....

Songs of Zion - The African Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States and South Africa (Paperback, New edition)

James T. Campbell

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Founded by free people of color in Philadelphia in the aftermath of the American Revolution, the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church emerged in the nineteenth century as the preeminent black institution in the United States. In 1896, the church opened mission work in South Africa, absorbing an independent ""Ethiopian"" church founded by dissident African Christians a few years earlier. In the process, the church helped ignite one of the most influential popular movements in South African history. Songs of Zion examines this remarkable historical convergence from both sides of the Atlantic. James Campbell charts the origins and evolution of black American independent churches, arguing that the very act of becoming Christian forced African Americans to reflect on their relationship to their ancestral continent. He then turns to South Africa, exploring the AME Church's entrance and evolution in a series of specific South African contexts. Throughout the book, Campbell focuses on the comparisons that Africans and African Americans themselves drew between their situations. Their transatlantic encounter, he argues, enabled both groups to understand and act upon their worlds in new ways. |Discusses the interaction between the African Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States and in South Africa, arguing that each group influenced the other to understand and act on their worlds in new ways.

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Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: March 1998
First published: March 1998
Authors: James T. Campbell
Dimensions: 235 x 156 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 418
Edition: New edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-8078-4711-4
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Methodist Churches
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian mission & evangelism
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Ethnic or tribal religions > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious institutions & organizations > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious institutions & organizations > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian mission & evangelism
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Methodist Churches
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Ethnic or tribal religions > General
Books > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian mission & evangelism
Books > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Methodist Churches
LSN: 0-8078-4711-9
Barcode: 9780807847114

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