| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 241 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Religion and American culture
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Religion and American culture (New York, N.Y.)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-232) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Improper Associates; Chapter 2. Freedom's Defects; Chapter 3. Hobart and the High Church; Chapter 4. One of Their Own Colour; Chapter 5. An Orderly and Devout Congregation; Chapter 6. A Bitter Thralldom; Chapter 7. A Godly Admonition; Chapter 8. Peculiar Circumstances; Chapter 9. The Chains That Bind; Chapter 10. Promoting Improvement; Chapter 11. Partaking of the Heavenly Gift; Chapter 12. To Employ a Colored Clergyman; Chapter 13. A State of Schism; Chapter 14. A Bishop's Trials. |
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Chapter 15. Exciting the Deepest FeelingsChapter 16. Vouchsafed to All Men; Chapter 17. The Heart Must Be Changed; Chapter 18. The Beauties of Freedom; Chapter 19. Economic Opportunity and Religious Choice; Chapter 20. Attentive to Their Devotions; Chapter 21. The Express Wishes of Nearly All; Chapter 22. Injurious to the Cause of Religion; Chapter 23. A Fulness of Assent; Chapter 24. But One Fold and One Chief Shepherd; Appendix. Parishioners of St. Philip's Church; Notes; Index; Series List. |
| Summary |
On a September afternoon in 1853, three African American men from St. Philip's Church walked into the Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of New York and took their seats among five hundred wealthy and powerful white church leaders. Ultimately, and with great reluctance, the Convention had acceded to the men's request: official recognition for St. Philip's, the first African American Episcopal church in New York City. In Faith in Their Own Color, Craig D. Townsend tells the remarkable story of St. Philip's and its struggle to create an autonomous and independent church. His wor. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African American Episcopalians -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
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African American Episcopalians. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
New York (N.Y.) -- Church history -- 19th century.
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National Book Committee. |
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Church history. |
| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
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Electronic books.
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Church history.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Townsend, Craig D., 1955- Faith in their own color. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2005 (DLC) 2005045584 |
| ISBN |
9780231508889 (electronic book) |
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0231508883 (electronic book) |
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0231134681 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780231134682 |
| Music No. |
EB00662342 Recorded Books |
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