Mastering Christianity
Subtitle: missionary Anglicanism and slavery in the Atlantic world
By: Travis Glasson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780199773961
Subjects: Slavery and the church; Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (Great Britain); Racism; Church of England; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "My constitution is constellated for any meridian" : creating trans-atlantic missionary Anglicanism; title: Natural religion and the sons of Noah : the society, human difference, and slavery; title: "The two great articles of faith and obedience" : Anglican missionaries and slavery, 1701-1740; title: Masters and pastors : Anglicanism, revivalism, and slavery, 1740-1765; title: "A sett of possitive obstinate people" : missionary encounters on Codrington Plantation; title: "One of their own color and kindred" : Philip Quaque and the SPG mission to Africa; title: "Themselves under this very predicament" : the society and the antislavery movement, 1765-1838.