Liberating Black Church History: Making It Plain

by Juan M. Floyd-Thomas

Book Overview

This book lays out how the lessons of the dark past shaped a people's religious quest for liberation and their long struggle for freedom, justice, and equality. The book bears witness to the story of a liberating faith in action in three moves. First, the book narrates the transformation of Black faith and culture in the North American context from enslavement to emancipation. Second, it discusses Black people's confrontation with the crisis of segregation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0687332753
• ISBN13: 9780687332755
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"