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Tables of Contents for Fortress Introduction to Black Church History
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
vii
Introduction The Making of Black Christians
1
2
Christianization of the Slaves
3
3
Northern Efforts
3
2
Southern Efforts
5
1
The Great Awakenings
6
4
First Awakening
6
2
Second Awakening
8
2
The Response of Africans to Christianization
10
13
Rejection of the Christian Faith
10
1
African Religions in North America
10
1
Africanization of Christianity
11
6
Suggested Reading
17
6
Part One: The Development of the Black Church
African American Methodist Churches
23
40
The Development of Methodism
23
8
Methodism in the United States
26
1
African Americans and Methodism
27
3
Study Questions
30
1
The African Methodist Episcopal Church
31
13
Selected Leaders/Study Questions/Suggested Reading
40
4
The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
44
10
Selected Leaders/Study Questions/Suggested Reading
52
2
The Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
54
9
Selected Leaders/Study Questions/Suggested Reading
60
3
African American Baptist Churches
63
39
The Development of the Baptist Faith
63
14
The Baptist Church in America
64
3
African Americans and the Baptist Church
67
9
Study Questions
76
1
National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc.
77
10
Selected Leaders/Study Questions/Suggested Reading
84
3
National Baptist Convention of America
87
7
Selected Leaders/Study Questions/Suggested Reading
91
3
Progressive National Baptist Convention
94
8
Selected Leaders/Study Questions/Suggested Reading
99
3
African American Pentecostalism
102
23
The Development of the Holiness Movement
102
6
African Americans and Pentecostalism
108
4
Study Questions
112
1
The Church of God in Christ
112
13
Selected Leaders/Study Questions/Suggested Reading
120
5
Part Two: The Black Church and Social Justice
Liberation Thought and the Black Church
125
28
What the Black Church Thinks
125
2
Study Questions
126
1
The Social Gospel
127
11
Selected Leaders/Study Questions/Suggested Reading
135
3
Black Liberation Theology
138
15
Black Theology within the Church
143
4
Black Theology outside the Church
147
2
Selected Leaders/Study Questions/Suggested Reading
149
4
Documentary Appendix
153
9
Social Gospel: ``Duty and Destiny,'' Reverdy C. Ransom
153
5
Black Theology: ``Black Theology,'' National Committee of Black Churchmen
158
4
Notes
162
9
Glossary
171
4
Index
175