RT Article
T1 The Great Awakening: Conversion and Fight for Freedom in African American Christianity 1734–1742
JF Black theology
VO 23
IS 3
SP 234
OP 255
A1 Lamak, Kefas
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1947529978
AB Most historical studies about the Great Awakening in the United State emphasize the massive conversion of people from different denominations and backgrounds. Admiredly, a few have emphasized the conversion of African enslaved people during this period. This article examines only the conversion of African enslaved people during the First Great Awakening, from 1734 to 1742, and its connections to preaching freedom movements and subsequent developments in the African American Church. I looked at various methods used in the conversion of enslaved African in protestant Christianity. In general, this article presents a new argument that identifies the First Great Awakening as an early example of the fight for equality and freedom in the African American Church, comparable to the later movements in the AME and Black Baptist churches and the Civil Rights Movement.
K1 Preaching
K1 Freedom
K1 enslaved Africans
K1 African American church
K1 Conversion
K1 First great awakening
DO 10.1080/14769948.2025.2564530