| The West Indies: Their Social and Religious Condition Contributor(s): Underhill, Edward Bean (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108007961 ISBN-13: 9781108007962 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Church - History - Travel | Mexico |
| Dewey: 917.2 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection: Religion (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 1.14" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.42 lbs) 512 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mexican - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this book, first published in 1862, Edward Bean Underhill gives an engaging account of a journey to the West Indies on behalf of the Baptist Missionary Society. He visited Baptist churches in Trinidad, Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba and the Bahamas in order to evaluate the religious state of the many congregations that were established there after the Emancipation Act. Underhill emphasizes that the religious and social consequences of the Emancipation for the people of the West Indies cannot be viewed independently of one another. He finds that the islands, on their own terms, have made the best possible use of the freedom obtained. Underhill gives an elaborate and vivid description of his impression of the islands, but his main focus is on Jamaica, which he finds has benefited most of all. |