African Americans And The Christian Churches: 1619-1860

Jones takes a look at the emergence of African-American Christianity in America from 1619-1860 and explores the responses that African religious institutions have made to the gospel in a society not of their own making.

This book takes a look at the emergence of African American Christianity in America from 1619 - 1860. An initial objective of this text is the exploration of the strategies white church people devised to accommodate Jesus' mandate to teach the gospel to the entire world, while preserving structures of social relationships that accommodated their dominance and power.