The Church of God and Saints of Christ was founded in Lawrence, Kansas in 1896 by William Saunders Crowdy, the son of slaves. The most unusual feature of the Church is its synthesis of Jewish and Christian elements, the Jewish element making it the earliest example of African-American Judaism in Am
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This review is from: The Church of God and Saints of Christ: The Rise of Black Jews (Cults and Nonconventional Religious Groups) (Hardcover)
The information put forth by the author of this work is not based on official statements from the officers or Pastor of the Church of God and Saints of Christ...It is based on information from a dissenting faction that splintered from the Church of God and Saints of Christ decades ago. The author cites the religious group as a cult, when in actuality, it is regarded in most African American religous circles as the first instance of African American Judaism in the U.S., with locations in over 50 U.S. cities, Jamaica, and southern and central Africa. I think more research should have been done to verify the origin, history, and current conditions of this religious organization, before it be written that they are a cult, or "nonconventional."
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New York, South Africa, United States, Daughters of Jerusalem, New Jersey, Grand Father Abraham, Old Testament, Rhode Island, Colgate Rochester Divinity School, Elfreth Walker, Enoch Mgijima, Kingdom of God, Beersheba Crowdy Walker, Census of Religious Bodies, Government Printing Office, Prince Hall Masonry, The Role of Women, Yom Kippur New!
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This excerpt from The Black Code of Mississippi characterizes the stark conditions faced by the "freed" slaves. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
holy convocation, thy church, sabbath school Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, South Africa, United States, Daughters of Jerusalem, New Jersey, Grand Father Abraham, Old Testament, Rhode Island, Colgate Rochester Divinity School, Elfreth Walker, Enoch Mgijima, Kingdom of God, Beersheba Crowdy Walker, Census of Religious Bodies, Government Printing Office, Prince Hall Masonry, The Role of Women, Yom Kippur New!
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- An American History: Vol. I by re Gruver on page 9, and Back Matter
- Religions of the World (8th Edition) by Lewis M. Hopfe on page 17, and Back Matter
- Theology in America: The Major Protestant Voices from Puritanism to Neo-Orthodoxy (American Heritage Series) by Sydney E. Ahlstrom on page 57, and Back Matter
- Judaism: Development and Life by Leo Trepp on page 16, and Back Matter
- The Religions of Mankind: Their Origin and Development by Hans-Joachim Schoeps on page 17, and Back Matter
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- Minority Faiths and the American Protestant Mainstream by Jonathan D. Sarna on page 186
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