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5.0 out of 5 stars About This Book..., June 24, 2009
"When Methodism came from England to America in the 1760's, slavery was a thriving institution in the colonies. Methodists immediately opposed it and sought the conversion of blacks. Many joined. Methodism offered a brotherhood of salvation and a belief in the sacredness of all people."

"Dark Salvation is the story of Methodism as it developed in the United States and the role it played in the lives of blacks."

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Beginnings of Methodism

The Slave and His Religion

Methodism Comes to America

Methodism and Slavery

The Beginnings of Separation

The First Great Separate: the African Methodist Episcopal Church

The Second Great Separate: The African Methodis Episcopal Zion Church

Continuing Methodism

The Mission to the Slaves

Early Black Methodist Preachers

The A.M.E. Church

The A.M.E. Zion Church

The Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

Methodism in Mission

Current Developments

The Black Man in United Methodism

Summary and Prospect

Notes

Index

Hardback with dustcover; 291 pp; 18 pp of bibliographic End Notes.
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5.0 out of 5 stars About This Book, June 24, 2009
"When Methodism came from England to America in the 1760's, slavery was a thriving institution in the colonies. Methodists immediately opposed it and sought the conversion of blacks. Many joined. Methodism offered a brotherhood of salvation and a belief in the sacredness of all people."

"Dark Salvation is the story of Methodism as it developed in the United States and the role it played in the lives of blacks."

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Beginnings of Methodism

The Slave and His Religion

Methodism Comes to America

Methodism and Slavery

The Beginnings of Separation

The First Great Separate: the African Methodist Episcopal Church

The Second Great Separate: The African Methodis Episcopal Zion Church

Continuing Methodism

The Mission to the Slaves

Early Black Methodist Preachers

The A.M.E. Church

The A.M.E. Zion Church

The Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

Methodism in Mission

Current Developments

The Black Man in United Methodism

Summary and Prospect

Notes

Index

Hardback with dustcover; 291 pp; 18 pp of bibliographic End Notes.
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5.0 out of 5 stars About This Book, June 24, 2009
This review is from: Dark salvation: The story of Methodism as it developed among Blacks in America (C. Eric Lincoln series on Black religion) (Hardcover)
"When Methodism came from England to America in the 1760's, slavery was a thriving institution in the colonies. Methodists immediately opposed it and sought the conversion of blacks. Many joined. Methodism offered a brotherhood of salvation and a belief in the sacredness of all people."

"Dark Salvation is the story of Methodism as it developed in the United States and the role it played in the lives of blacks."

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Beginnings of Methodism

The Slave and His Religion

Methodism Comes to America

Methodism and Slavery

The Beginnings of Separation

The First Great Separate: the African Methodist Episcopal Church

The Second Great Separate: The African Methodis Episcopal Zion Church

Continuing Methodism

The Mission to the Slaves

Early Black Methodist Preachers

The A.M.E. Church

The A.M.E. Zion Church

The Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

Methodism in Mission

Current Developments

The Black Man in United Methodism

Summary and Prospect

Notes

Index

Hardback with dustcover; 291 pp; 18 pp of bibliographic End Notes.
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