The Church of God and Saints of Christ: The Rise of Black Jews

ISBN-13: 9780815311362 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 144 str.

Elly M. Wynia; M. Wynia Elly

Opis

The Church of God and Saints of Christ was founded in Lawrence, Kansas in 1896 by William Saunders Crowdy, the son of slaves. The most unusual feature of the Church is its synthesis of Jewish and Christian elements, the Jewish element making it the earliest example of African-American Judaism in Ame

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Black Conditions from the Civil War to 1900; Chapter 2 Black Judaism; Chapter 3 The Life of William Saunders Crowdy; Chapter 4 The History of the Church; Chapter 5 Theological Description of the Church; Chapter 6 Social Dynamics of the Contemporary Church; Chapter 7 The Role of Women in the Church of God and Saints of Christ; Chapter 8 Conclusion; Chapter 9 Postscript;

O autorze

Elly M. Wynia