Black Religious Activism: Exploring the Issues

by Richard A Thomas and Richard A. Thomas

Explore the background and contemporary significance of Black religious activism in the USA.

In 1787, Richard Allen and Absalom Jones left the predominantly white St. George Methodist Episcopal Church to protest the racism and discrimination they faced. A few years later, both men created their own African American Christian denominations to meet the political and spiritual needs of Black communities. Over the following 200 years,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1440870217
• ISBN13: 9781440870217
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 216 Pages