The Shadows of the Evening Stretched Out: Richard Robinson and the Shaping of African Methodist Identity, 1823-1862
Richard Robinson was an important and neglected figure in the early history of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. The AME Church's success in its first forty-six years of existence should be attributed partly to Robinson's wise, patient, and steady long-term leadership. This study exa...
| Published in: | Journal of Africana religions |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Pennsylvania State University Press
[2015]
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Journal of Africana religions
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Robinson, Richard 1796-1862
/ Oststaaten, USA
/ African Methodist Episcopal Church
/ Civil rights movement
/ Abolitionists
/ History 1823-1862
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| RelBib Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics CH Christianity and Society FD Contextual theology KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBQ North America KDG Free church NCC Social ethics RB Church office; congregation |
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| Summary: | Richard Robinson was an important and neglected figure in the early history of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. The AME Church's success in its first forty-six years of existence should be attributed partly to Robinson's wise, patient, and steady long-term leadership. This study examines his conversion and call to the ministry. It closely analyzes his interest in transnational ministry, especially his mission work in Haiti. In addition, it pays attention to his role as a pastor and mentor to other clergy, the limitations to which his lack of literacy subjected him, his cautious antislavery activity, and the impetus to civil rights activity caused by Robinson's sudden demise while riding a segregated Philadelphia streetcar. The article also examines methodological limitations relating to working with illiterate subjects. Robinson's combination of idealism in education, commitment to transnational ministry, and pragmatism in politics helped to shape the AME Church for generations to come. |
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| ISSN: | 2165-5413 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Africana religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5325/jafrireli.3.3.0227 |