Title: Mastering Christianity : missionary Anglicanism and slavery in the Atlantic world /
Authors: Glasson, Travis.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (Great Britain) History.; Slavery and the church Church of England History.; Racism Great Britain History.
Abstract: Beginning in 1701, missionary-minded Anglicans launched one of the earliest and most sustained efforts to Christianize the enslaved people of Britain's colonies. Hundreds of clergy traveled to widely-dispersed posts in North America, the Caribbean, and West Africa under the auspices of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG) and undertook this work. Based on a belief in the essential unity of humankind, the Society's missionaries advocated for the conversion and better treatment of enslaved people. Yet, only a minority of enslaved people embraced Anglicanism, while a majority rejected it. Mastering Christianity closely explores these missionary encounters. --from publisher description.
Contents: "My constitution is constellated for any meridian" : creating trans-atlantic missionary Anglicanism -- Natural religion and the sons of Noah : the society, human difference, and slavery -- "The two great articles of faith and obedience" : Anglican missionaries and slavery, 1701-1740 -- Masters and pastors : Anglicanism, revivalism, and slavery, 1740-1765 -- "A sett of possitive obstinate people" : missionary encounters on Codrington Plantation -- "One of their own color and kindred" : Philip Quaque and the SPG mission to Africa -- "Themselves under this very predicament" : the society and the antislavery movement, 1765-1838.