
Rebaptism Calmly Considered
Christian Initiation and Resistance in the Early A.M.E. Church of Jamaica
Sharon J. Grant(Author)
Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published on 10. September 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
162 pages
978-1-5326-5299-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book describes the sociocultural context that shaped Christian initiation for many early Jamaican congregants within the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. Christian initiation in early-twentieth-century Jamaican AME churches included the practice of two water rituals for children within most of its congregations--first, the christening or sprinkling of water on infants, and second, immersion when the child reached the age of consent and made a public confession of faith. The ambiguity of John Wesley's doctrine and practice of the sacrament of baptism are provided with the cultural milieu of nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Jamaica to allow the reader to calmly consider the spectrum of evidence--and consider how the use of two water rituals became normative for many disciples of Christ to become full members within the early AME Church in Jamaica.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Eugene
United States
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
248 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5326-5299-8 (9781532652998)
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Rebaptism Calmly Considered
Christian Initiation and Resistance In The Early A.M.E. Church of Jamaica
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Sharon Grant is Assistant Professor of the History of Christianity at Hood Theological Seminary in Salisbury, North Carolina.