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Black Voices: The Shaping of Our Christian Experience
David Killingray
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Description for Black Voices: The Shaping of Our Christian Experience
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HRC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 238.
Through the lips of Black British Christians, we hear the stories and experiences first hand. Hostility, prejudice and cruelty were not uncommon, but there are also many glimpses of welcome and acceptance as they arrived in a foreign land. Black people of African origin and descent have lived in Britain for man centuries. By the late eighteenth century an increasing number were active Christians. Long before Empire Windrush arrived in Tilbury in mid-1948, black Britons worked as doctors, ministers and political activities, as well as in non-professional roles. They are little known and largely forgotten. Here they touchingly ... Read more
Through the lips of Black British Christians, we hear the stories and experiences first hand. Hostility, prejudice and cruelty were not uncommon, but there are also many glimpses of welcome and acceptance as they arrived in a foreign land. Black people of African origin and descent have lived in Britain for man centuries. By the late eighteenth century an increasing number were active Christians. Long before Empire Windrush arrived in Tilbury in mid-1948, black Britons worked as doctors, ministers and political activities, as well as in non-professional roles. They are little known and largely forgotten. Here they touchingly ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Inter-Varsity Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Nottingham, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844741816
SKU
V9781844741816
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Ref
99-17
About David Killingray
David Killingray taught in schools and universities, specializing in the history of Africa and the Caribbean. He retired from Goldsmiths College, London in 2003 and is now an emeritus professor. Joel Edwards is the General Director of the Evangelical Alliance. He previously served as General Secretary of the African and Caribbean Evangelical Alliance.
Reviews for Black Voices: The Shaping of Our Christian Experience
These black voices testify to something miraculous. How could those who were enslaved and oppressed by a culture that had signed up to Christianity go on to embrace the Christian faith? These testimonies speak of the capacity of human nature for both vice and virtue. They bear witness to the amazing grace of God. Their voices have been kept silent ... Read more