Mother Emanuel : two centuries of race, resistance, and forgiveness in one Charleston church / Kevin Sack.

Author/creator Sack, Kevin author.
Format Book
EditionFirst edition.
PublicationNew York : Crown, [2025]
Descriptionx, 461 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm
Subjects

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.
Abstract "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 369-446) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Sack, Kevin Mother Emanuel First edition New York : Crown, [2025] 9781524761325
LCCN 2024047920
ISBN9781524761301
ISBN1524761303 hardcover
ISBNelectronic book

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