Telling A Neglected Story: Leadership Of The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church In Difficult Times

The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is a major, historic Black Christian denomination which has long been ignored as a subject of serious academic reflection, especially of an historic nature. This was partly due to the lack of denominational archives, and the sense that historical inventory and archival storage could be a financial drain to the AME Zion Church. This book will take three AME Zion icons who are still revered and frequently referenced in present-day church dialogue and examine their lives, their leadership styles and legacy, their indelible imprint on the Civil Rights movement and the fabric of American society. The lives, leadership and legacy of three of the Bishops of the A.M.E. Zion Church will be examined in light of the sociological, cultural and historic impact they made on the church then and down through the ages. This will be a history written for the purposes of inspiration - a technique which remains central to the oral tradition of Black history. Hence, outside our oral history and six official history books, this is a small contribution to the hope that the current and future leadership of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church will "keep 'agoing" for a better day, as they try to emulate Bishops Walls, Spottswood and Shaw. 9780615841236 0615841236 196 BOOK Religion NOT_MATURE http://books.google.com/books/content?id=LyKYngEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&source=gbs_api en

• | Author: Rev Cynthia Willis Stewart
• | Publisher: Vts Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 14, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 196 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0615841236
• | ISBN-13: 9780615841236