Rabaptism calmly considered : Christian initiation and resistance in the Early A.M.E. Church of Jamaica

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Full Title:: Rabaptism calmly considered : Christian initiation and resistance in the Early A.M.E. Church of Jamaica / Sharon J. Grant

Subjects:: African Methodist Espicopal Church
Missions--Jamaica
Jamaica--Church history--18th century
Jamaica--Church history--19th century
Jamaica--Church history--20th century
Jamaica--History

Summary:: 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. -- back cover.
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: xv, 146 pages ; 23 cm