{"product_id":"black-missionary-in-an-age-of-enslavement-the-life-and-times-of-george-liele-paperback","title":"Black Missionary in an Age of Enslavement: The Life and Times of George Liele - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNoel Leo Erskine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuch discussion of Protestant Christianity and its missions in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries is focused on the work of English missionary William Carey and American Missionaries Adoniram and Ann Judson, who travelled to India in 1793 and 1813. This book reframes this conventional understanding of mission studies and outreach by exploring the legacy and life of the enslaved American Baptist George Liele (1750-1825)--the first African American ordained to the Christian ministry. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Missionary in an Age of Enslavement\u003c\/i\u003e looks at Christianity and mission through the life and times of Liele, highlighting his travels as an itinerant preacher in South Carolina, Georgia, Jamaica (and through his prot?g? there, David George), Nova Scotia, Sierra Leone and, toward the end of his life, England. Liele knew what it meant to be both slave and free. In Jamaica, as in Savannah, he was imprisoned for his faith and saw the survival of the church as pivotal. Liele was a man of firsts: the first African American ordained to the Christian ministry (May 20, 1775), and the first missionary to take the Christian gospel outside the United States. It was Liele, more than any other missionary, who initiated the practice of offering education to native people both enslaved and free. With the hymnal in one hand and the Bible in the other, Liele taught the enslaved and free that they were destined for liberation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoel Leo Erskine is a Professor of Theology and Ethics at Candler School of Theology and the Graduate Division of Religion at Emory University. A native of Jamaica, he has been a visiting professor in ten schools in six countries. Erskine has written six books and edited five, among which include \u003ci\u003eDecolonizing Theology \u003c\/i\u003e(1998), \u003ci\u003eKing Among the Theologians \u003c\/i\u003e(1994) \u003ci\u003eFrom Garvey to Marley: Rastafari Theology, \u003c\/i\u003e(2005), \u003ci\u003eBlack Theology and Pedagogy \u003c\/i\u003e(2008), \u003ci\u003ePlantation Church: How African American Religion was Born in Caribbean Slavery \u003c\/i\u003e(2014) and \u003ci\u003eBlack Theology: Thinking about Our Faith \u003c\/i\u003e(2023).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 06, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48815409234168,"sku":"9781538180068","price":56.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/xOtWO0UKav9781538180068.webp?v=1780563039","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/black-missionary-in-an-age-of-enslavement-the-life-and-times-of-george-liele-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}