| Title Statement |
Mother Emanuel: two centuries of race, resistance, and forgiveness in one Charleston church / Kevin Sack. |
| Alternative Title(s) |
2 centuries of race, resistance, and forgiveness in one Charleston church |
| Author |
Sack, Kevin |
| Publication |
New York: Crown,[2025]©2025 |
| Edition |
First edition. |
| Extent of Item |
x, 461 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates |
| ISBN |
9781524761301 (hardcover) |
| Other Number |
pr07886194 |
| Contents |
The open door --The tragedy --Charleston's African diaspora, free and enslaved --Church and state --Richard Allen and the insurgency of African Methodism --The African church --Hot bed : the insurrection plot --Crackdown : the Vesey aftermath --Revival : african Methodism returns South --Resurrection : a new church rises --Mother church, and the daddy of reconstruction --The long and stormy night --B. J. Glover and the gospel of resistance --The movement church --Clementa Pinckney and the paradox of Black power --Judgment day --The healing --Epilogue : on forgiveness and grace --Pastors of Emanuel African Methodist Church. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"A sweeping history of one of the nation's most important African American churches and a profound story of grace and perseverance amidst the fight for racial justice-from Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Kevin Sack"-- |
| Subjects & Genres |
| By Topic |
African American churches |
| African American churches--History |
| African Americans--Religion |
| By Name |
Emanuel AME Church (Charleston, S.C.)--History |
| By Location |
Charleston (S.C.)--Church history |
