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Article: Black Church Beginnings: The Long Hidden Realities of the First Years
- Article from:
- The Journal of Southern History
- Article date:
- November 1, 2005
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Black Church Beginnings: The Long Hidden Realities of the First Years. By Henry H. Mitchell. (Grand Rapids, Mien., and Cambridge, Eng.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, c. 2004. Pp. xviii, 197. Paper, $18.00, ISBN 0-8028-2785-3.) This book is the latest in the ever-increasing scholarship concerning black church history. The work concentrates on "the powerful early influence of African traditional religion and culture on the belief and practice" of enslaved African Americans (p. 1). The stated purpose of this text is "to provide a more accurate introduction to the early history of the Black Church in the United States of America" (p. xi). Utilizing local church records as primary ...