Fortress Introduction to Black Church History

by Anne H. Pinn, Anthony B. Pinn

Overview

A concise and accessible history A brief history of black Christian churches in the United States has long been needed. Larger sociological and historical studies have enhanced the picture of the historically black denominations. At the same time, black-church members need a handy introduction to their own religious homes, as do college students of American history and religion. This volume, co-authored by a black minister and a black theologian, provides an overview of the shape and history of major black religious bodies: Methodist, Baptist, and Pentecostal. It introduces the denominations and their demographics before relating their historical development - from the eighteenth century to the end of the Civil Rights Movement - into the groups we know today. A final chapter sketches the state of the black Christian church bodies today and their ongoing contributions to a more just American society. The Pinns' book will help a new generation of black Americans assess its religious legacy and the larger society to gauge its social import.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800634421
Publisher:	1517 Media
Publication date:	11/07/2001
Series:	Fortress Introductions
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Anne H. Pinn is Pastor of Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church, Buffalo, New York, and President of the Ministers' Alliance there.

Anthony B. Pinn is Agnes Cullen Arnold Distinguished Professor of Humanities and professor of religion at Rice University and teaches courses on African American religion, history of Black religious thought, humanism, and Black theology. He is the author of over thirty-five books, including The End of God-Talk: An African American Humanist Theology (2012), Varieties of African American Religious Experience (Fortress Press, 1998), and Why, Lord? Suffering and Evil in Black Theology (1995).