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Carter Godwin Woodson. The History of the Negro Church
The History of the Negro Church
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PREFACE
ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I THE EARLY MISSIONARIES AND THE NEGRO
CHAPTER II THE DAWN OF THE NEW DAY
CHAPTER III PIONEER NEGRO PREACHERS
CHAPTER IV THE INDEPENDENT CHURCH MOVEMENT
CHAPTER V EARLY DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER VI THE SCHISM AND THE SUBSEQUENT SITUATION
CHAPTER VII RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION REVIVED
CHAPTER VIII PREACHERS OF VERSATILE GENIUS
CHAPTER IX THE CIVIL WAR AND THE CHURCH
CHAPTER X RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AS A PREPARATION
CHAPTER XI THE CALL OF POLITICS
CHAPTER XII THE CONSERVATIVE AND PROGRESSIVE
CHAPTER XIII THE NEGRO CHURCH SOCIALIZED
CHAPTER XIV THE RECENT GROWTH OF THE NEGRO CHURCH
CHAPTER XV THE NEGRO CHURCH OF TO-DAY
INDEX
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Carter Godwin Woodson
Published by Good Press, 2021
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ONE of the causes of the discovery of America was the translation into action of the desire of European zealots to extend the Catholic religion into other parts. Columbus, we are told, was decidedly missionary in his efforts and felt that he could not make a more significant contribution to the church than to open new fields for Christian endeavor. His final success in securing the equipment adequate to the adventure upon the high seas was to some extent determined by the Christian motives impelling the sovereigns of Spain to finance the expedition for the reason that it might afford an opportunity for promoting the cause of Christ. Some of the French who came to the new world to establish their claims by further discovery and exploration, moreover, were either actuated by similar motives or welcomed the coöperation of earnest workers thus interested.
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