Faith in Their Own Color : : Black Episcopalians in Antebellum New York City / / Craig Townsend.
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 acce...
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Townsend, Craig, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Faith in Their Own Color : Black Episcopalians in Antebellum New York City / Craig Townsend. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2005] ©2005 1 online resource (256 p.) : none text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Religion and American Culture Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Improper Associates -- 2. Freedom's Defects -- 3. Hobart and the High Church -- 4. One of Their Own Colour -- 5. An Orderly and Devout Congregation -- 6. A Bitter Thralldom -- 7. A Godly Admonition -- 8. Peculiar Circumstances -- 9. The Chains That Bind -- 10. Promoting Improvement -- 11. Partaking of the Heavenly Gift -- 12. To Employ a Colored Clergyman -- 13. A State of Schism -- 14. A Bishop's Trials -- 15. Exciting the Deepest Feelings -- 16. Vouchsafed to All Men -- 17. The Heart Must Be Changed -- 18. The Beauties of Freedom -- 19. Economic Opportunity and Religious Choice -- 20. Attentive to Their Devotions -- 21. The Express Wishes of Nearly All -- 22. Injurious to the Cause of Religion -- 23. A Fulness of Assent -- 24. But One Fold and One Chief Shepherd -- Appendix. Parishioners of St. Philip's Church -- Notes -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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 work unearths a forgotten chapter in the history of New York City and African Americans and sheds new light on the ways religious faith can both reinforce and overcome racial boundaries. Founded in 1809, St. Philip's had endured a fire; a riot by anti-abolitionists that nearly destroyed the church; and more than forty years of discrimination by the Episcopalian hierarchy. In contrast to the majority of African Americans, who were flocking to evangelical denominations, the congregation of St. Philip's sought to define itself within an overwhelmingly white hierarchical structure. Their efforts reflected the tension between their desire for self-determination, on the one hand, and acceptance by a white denomination, on the other.The history of St. Philip's Church also illustrates the racism and extraordinary difficulties African Americans confronted in antebellum New York City, where full abolition did not occur until 1827. Townsend describes the constant and complex negotiation of the divide between black and white New Yorkers. He also recounts the fascinating stories of historically overlooked individuals who built and fought for St. Philip's, including Rev. Peter Williams, the second African American ordained in the Episcopal Church; Dr. James McCune Smith, the first African American to earn an M.D.; pickling magnate Henry Scott; the combative priest Alexander Crummell; and John Jay II, the grandson of the first chief justice of the Supreme Court and an ardent abolitionist, who helped secure acceptance of St. Philip's. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) RELIGION / Christianity / Episcopalianism. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442472 print 9780231134682 https://doi.org/10.7312/town13468 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231508889 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231508889/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Improper Associates -- 2. Freedom's Defects -- 3. Hobart and the High Church -- 4. One of Their Own Colour -- 5. An Orderly and Devout Congregation -- 6. A Bitter Thralldom -- 7. A Godly Admonition -- 8. Peculiar Circumstances -- 9. The Chains That Bind -- 10. Promoting Improvement -- 11. Partaking of the Heavenly Gift -- 12. To Employ a Colored Clergyman -- 13. A State of Schism -- 14. A Bishop's Trials -- 15. Exciting the Deepest Feelings -- 16. Vouchsafed to All Men -- 17. The Heart Must Be Changed -- 18. The Beauties of Freedom -- 19. Economic Opportunity and Religious Choice -- 20. Attentive to Their Devotions -- 21. The Express Wishes of Nearly All -- 22. Injurious to the Cause of Religion -- 23. A Fulness of Assent -- 24. But One Fold and One Chief Shepherd -- Appendix. Parishioners of St. Philip's Church -- Notes -- Index |
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