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Come Shouting to Zion: African American Protestantism in the American South and British Caribbean to 1830
Contributor(s): Frey, Sylvia R. (Author), Wood, Betty (Author)
ISBN: 0807846813     ISBN-13: 9780807846810
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
OUR PRICE:   $45.13  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 1998
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Annotation: An exploration of the conversion of African-born slaves to Protestant Christianity, a reciprocal movement involving black and white Christians.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies
- Religion | Christianity - History
- Religion | Christianity - Protestant
Dewey: 277.507
LCCN: 97021477
Lexile Measure: 1730
Physical Information: 0.82" H x 6.17" W x 9.26" (1.09 lbs) 304 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1800-1850
- Chronological Period - 17th Century
- Chronological Period - 18th Century
- Cultural Region - South
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Religious Orientation - Christian
- Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies
 
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Publisher Description:
The conversion of African-born slaves and their descendants to Protestant Christianity marked one of the most important social and intellectual transformations in American history. Come Shouting to Zion is the first comprehensive exploration of the processes by which this remarkable transition occurred. Using an extraordinary array of archival sources, Sylvia Frey and Betty Wood chart the course of religious conversion from the transference of traditional African religions to the New World through the growth of Protestant Christianity in the American South and British Caribbean up to 1830.


Come Shouting to Zion depicts religious transformation as a complex reciprocal movement involving black and white Christians. It highlights the role of African American preachers in the conversion process and demonstrates the extent to which African American women were responsible for developing distinctive ritual patterns of worship and divergent moral values within the black spiritual community. Finally, the book sheds light on the ways in which, by serving as a channel for the assimilation of Western culture into the slave quarters, Protestant Christianity helped transform Africans into African Americans.


Contributor Bio(s): Frey, Sylvia R.: - Sylvia R. Frey is professor of history at Tulane University.Wood, Betty: - Betty Wood is lecturer in history at Girton College, Cambridge University.