Society: Ethnicity: African: African-American: History: Religion

Leaders (13)

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African American Religion, Pt. II: From the Civil War to the Great Migration, 1865-1920
Essay with teaching guidance and resources by a leading scholar in American religious studies, from the National Humanities Center.

Biblical Hebrew Israelites
This study argues that Africans are the true descendants of the biblical Hebrews.

The Church in the Southern Black Community
Online books and images which show how Blacks shaped religion in the South, and how the church became the center of Black community life. Approximately from the Revolutionary War until the late 1920s.

IPL Slavery and Religion in America: A Time Line 1440-1866
A document that provides dated history regarding the advancement of religion amongst slaves.

The North Star: A Journal of African-American Religious History
E-journal peer-reviewed articles, conference information, research resources.

Presbyterian Voice - Harrison Walker Ellis Remembers John Hannah Gray
Biographical/historical article tells about former slave Harrison Walker Ellis who became a Presbyterian minister.

Religion and the New Republic
This exhibition demonstrates that many of the colonies that in 1776 became the United States of America were settled by men and women of deep religious convictions. It deals specifically with the formation of black denominations as part of its discussion.

The Religion of the Slaves
A document discussing the move of Christianity amongst slaves and the reasons behind the movement.

A Separate Canaan: The Making of an Afro-Moravian World in North Carolina, 1763-1840.
A review by Yvonne Chireau for the Journal of Southern Religion on John Sensbach's exploration of the black Moravians.

Yahshuah.com
Provides theological instruction with the premise that Africans, not Jews, are the biblical Hebrew Israelites.

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