Research Catalog

Title

Fortress introduction to Black church history / Anne H. Pinn, Anthony B. Pinn.

Author

Pinn, Anne H., 1931-

Publication

Minneapolis, Minn. : Fortress Press, c2002.

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Additional Authors

Pinn, Anthony B.

Description

viii, 184 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Summary

"This history, co-authored by a black minister and a black theologian, provides an overview of the shape and history of major black religious bodies: Methodist, Baptist, and Pentecostal. With photos, timelines, profiles, and additional readings, Pinn and Pinn ably explain the evolution of black Christianity into the groups we know today. A final chapter sketches the state of black Christian church bodies and their ongoing contributions to a more just American society. The Pinns's book will help a new generation of black Americans assess the religious legacy of the black churches and the larger society to gauge their social import."--Jacket.

Alternative Title

Introduction to Black church history

Subject

• African American churches > History
• African Americans > Religion

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-170) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction : the making of Black Christians Christianization of the slaves -- The great awakenings -- The response of Africans to Christianization -- ch. 1. African American Methodist churches -- The development of Methodism -- The African Methodist Episcopal Church -- The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church -- The Christian Methodist Episcopal Church -- ch. 2. African American Baptist churches -- The development of the Baptist faith -- National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc. -- National Baptist Convention of America -- Progressive National Baptist Convention -- ch. 3. African American Pentecostalism -- The development of the Holiness movement -- African Americans and Pentecostalism -- The Church of God in Christ -- ch. 4. Liberation thought and the Black Church -- What the Black Church thinks -- The social Gospel -- Black liberation theology.

ISBN

080063442X (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2001051067

OCLC

47990020

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library