The abundant life prevails
Subtitle: religious traditions of Saint Helena Island
By: Michael C. Wolfe.
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Waco, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
Subjects: Penn Center of the Sea Islands -- History.; Saint Helena Island (S.C.) -- Church history.; Saint Helena Island (S.C.) -- Religion.
Description: "In 1861 two religious traditions collided on Saint Helena Island. Already firmly entrenched on the island, the slaves' religion represented a mixture of Southern evangelicalism and African practices. The other, newer tradition would be an imported faith found primarily at the Penn School established for the islanders by Northern missionaries whose Protestantism emphasized citizenship, character development, service, and self-discipline.".

"In The Abundant Life Prevails, Michael Wolfe examines the history of this rich religious life on Saint Helena Island off the coast of South Carolina. Previous works have given extensive attention to the unique linguistic culture of the island called Gullah, but Wolfe is the first to provide a comprehensive treatment of the religious traditions represented there.

The story of Saint Helena Island reveals how two vastly different traditions - missionary and islander - emerged from their own environments, how each sought particular goals for the island, and how they eventually merged into a living faith community."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-181) and index.
Table of contents: title: Antebellum days; title: First days amongst the contrabands; title: The islanders, 1861-1900; title: The mission expands; title: The abundant life arrives; title: The faith of an island; title: The end of the school; title: Penn center: the little foe of all the world, 1950-1981; title: Heritage days.