slavery, Christianity, and the antebellum spiritual narrative /
First Statement of Responsibility
Yolanda Pierce ; foreword by Stephen W. Angell and Anthony B. Pinn, series editors
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Gainesville :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University Press of Florida,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2005
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xii, 151 p. ;
Dimensions
24 cm
SERIES
Series Title
History of African-American religions
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-143) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
To serve in heaven or reign in hell : Gorge White's call to preach -- Word became flesh : John Jea, slavery, and the miraculous -- Solomon Bayley's light for the benighted : an African returns home -- Zilpha Elaw, prophesying daughter : speaking (writing) a new language -- David smith : a slave to salvation? -- Conclusion : a new Jerusalem
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TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
African Americans-- Religion
Christian biography-- United States-- History and criticism
Christian converts-- United States-- History
Slave narratives-- United States-- History and criticism