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Erskine, Noel Leo,

Plantation church : how African American religion was born in Caribbean slavery / Noel Leo Erskine. - 1 online resource (x, 216 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-203) and index.

Introduction: Remembering ancestors -- Migration, displacement, resistance -- The memory of Africa -- Black church experience south of the border -- The plantation church -- The making of the Black world -- Toward a Creolized ecclesiology.

In 'Plantation Church', Noel Leo Erskine investigates the history of the Black Church as it developed both in the United States and the Caribbean after the arrival of enslaved Africans.

ISBN: 9780199709083 (electronic bk.) 0199709084 (electronic bk.)

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 016609669 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African Americans--Religion.
Slavery--History.--Caribbean Area
Slavery--Religious aspects.
Noirs américains--Religion.
RELIGION--Christianity--History.
African Americans--Religion.
Religion.
Slavery.
Slavery--Religious aspects.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Caribbean Area--Religion.
Caraïbes (Région)--Religion.
Caribbean Area.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
History.

LC Class. No.: BR563.B53 / E77 2014eb

Dewey Class. No.: 277.3/0808996073