The African Methodist Episcopal Church: A History

Author:   Dennis C. Dickerson (Vanderbilt University, Tennessee)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9780521153966


Pages:   614
Publication Date:   01 October 2020
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Dennis C. Dickerson (Vanderbilt University, Tennessee)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.890kg
ISBN:  

9780521153966


ISBN 10:   0521153964
Pages:   614
Publication Date:   01 October 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Richard Allen and the rise of African Methodism in the Atlantic World, 1760–1831; 2. The freedom church, 1831–1861; 3. 'Welcomed and ransomed', 1861–1880; 4. A denomination in the diaspora, 1880–1916; 5. Into the second century; 6. Freedom now!; 7. Becoming a global church, 1976–2018; Epilogue.

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'Grateful thanks are due to Dennis Dickerson for this thoroughly researched and beautifully written study of one of World Methodism's most significant branches.' Martin Wellings, Wesley and Methodist Studies


'Grateful thanks are due to Dennis Dickerson for this thoroughly researched and beautifully written study of one of World Methodism's most significant branches.' Martin Wellings, Wesley and Methodist Studies '... Dickerson's book is a masterfully crafted contribution to the field of African American religious history, and it will serve as a resource to both scholars and non-scholars alike for many, many years to come.' Ahmad Greene-Hayes, The Journal of Ecclesiastical History


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Dennis Dickerson is James M. Lawson, Jr Professor of History at Vanderbilt University, Tennessee. A scholar of American labor history, the American civil rights movement, and African American religious history, he has received grants and fellowships from the American Academy in Berlin, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the American Council of Learned Societies, among others. He is the author of Out of the Crucible: Black Steelworkers in Western Pennsylvania, 1875-1980 (1986), African American Preachers and Politics: The Careys of Chicago (2010) and Militant Mediator: Whitney M. Young, Jr (1998), which was awarded the 1999 Distinguished Book from the National Conference of Black Political Scientists.

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