Afro-Atlantic Catholics : America's first Black Christians

Dewulf, Jeroen 1972- (author.).

Summary: This volume examines the influence of African Catholics on the historical development of Black Christianity in America during the seventeenth century. Black Christianity in America has long been studied as a blend of indigenous African and Protestant elements. Jeroen Dewulf redirects the conversation by focusing on the enduring legacy of seventeenth-century Afro-Atlantic Catholics in the broader history of African American Christianity. With homelands in parts of Africa with historically strong Portuguese influence, such as the Cape Verde Islands, São Tomé, and Kongo, these Africans embraced variants of early modern Portuguese Catholicism that they would take with them to the Americas as part of the forced migration that was the transatlantic slave trade.

Record details

ISBN: 9780268202804
ISBN: 026820280X
ISBN: 0268202796
ISBN: 9780268202798
ISBN: 0268202826
ISBN: 9780268202828
Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 321 pages)
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Publisher: Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2022]
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-310) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Portugal -- Africa -- The Americas -- The Catholic roots of African American Christianity.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.