Whelchel Sherman’s March and the Emergence of the Independent Black Church Movement: From Atlanta to the Sea to Emancipation

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-40518-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 59 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice

A discourse on the historical emergence of African American Churches as dynamic cultural presences which occurred in the aftermath of the Civil War, and specifically in the wake of General Sherman's march from Atlanta to Savannah.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Whelchel, L.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Preparing the Stage for Liberation 3. The Historical Context of Conversion 4. The South Defends Its Peculiar Institution 5. The March Toward Liberation 6. Impositions and Fatuities by Classes and Colors 7. The Liberation of Savannah 8. The Groundwork of Freedom 9. Conclusions References Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Love Henry Whelchel is Professor of Church History at the Interdenominational Theological Center, USA.