Alphonso F. Saville IV examines the life Reverend John Marrant (1755–91), North America’s first Black ordained minister, to show how West African indigenous religious practices were central to his ministry and thought.
Alphonso F. Saville IV examines the life Reverend John Marrant (1755–91), North America’s first Black ordained minister, to show how West African indigenous religious practices were central to his ministry and thought.
Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. “No Continuing City”: Colonial Black Religion during Marrant’s Early Life 13 2. “Prepare to Meet Thy God”: Conjuring Initiation in Marrant’s Narrative 35 3. Exodus: Conjuring Retaliation in Marrant’s Narrative 61 4. “My Travels in Nova Scotia”: Ritual Healing and Communal Restoration in Marrant’s Journal 85 5. “As Men and as Masons”: Spiritual Genealogies and Racial Ethnogenesis in Marrant’s Sermon 119 Epilogue 143 Notes 151 Selected Bibliography 175 Index
Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. “No Continuing City”: Colonial Black Religion during Marrant’s Early Life 13 2. “Prepare to Meet Thy God”: Conjuring Initiation in Marrant’s Narrative 35 3. Exodus: Conjuring Retaliation in Marrant’s Narrative 61 4. “My Travels in Nova Scotia”: Ritual Healing and Communal Restoration in Marrant’s Journal 85 5. “As Men and as Masons”: Spiritual Genealogies and Racial Ethnogenesis in Marrant’s Sermon 119 Epilogue 143 Notes 151 Selected Bibliography 175 Index
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