{"product_id":"faith-in-their-own-color-9780231134699","title":"Faith in Their Own Color","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCraig D. Townsend tells the remarkable story of St. Philip’s, the first African American Episcopal church in New York City, and its struggle for autonomy and independence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCraig Townsend's superb work, \u003ci\u003eFaith in Their Own Color\u003c\/i\u003e, has made a significant impact on readers through the years. The book's exploration of the interaction of race and religion is needed now more than ever, and I hope it will continue to reach as many people as possible. -- The Most Rev. Michael B. Curry, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church\u003cbr\u003eThe story of St. Philip's church in New York is not the story of one congregation but of the intersection of key issues of religion and race in antebellum America. It is an intriguing and gripping story and Townsend has told it well. This is an illuminating book and fills an important gap in our understanding of the dynamics of African American participation in Euro-American churches. -- Robert Bruce Mullin, General Theological Seminary, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Puritan as Yankee: A Life of Horace Bushnell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis study of the second-oldest black Episcopal congregation in the United States takes religious ideas no less seriously than the political and social realities of racism that permeated the Protestant Episcopal Church during the first half of the nineteenth century. Townsend deftly peels back the layers of obfuscation, divergent strategies, and political maneuverings that intersected with a passion for the unity of the denomination evidenced by virtually all parties in dispute over the admission of St. Philip's Church to the diocesan convention. Simultaneously, the author opens a window onto the life and inner workings of this prominent African American parish, providing a view that is as rare as it is fascinating. -- Randall K. Burkett, curator of African American Collections, Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Robert W. Woodruff Library, Emory University\u003cbr\u003eA fascinating encounter with the dynamics of social and religious change impating African Americans in antebellum New York. -- A.J. Williams-Myers * Multicultural Review *\u003cbr\u003eTownsend's book is invaluable to any scholar... and has wide application for students of religion and race. -- Graham Russel Gao Hodges * The Journal of American History *\u003cbr\u003eI highly recommend this very useful text. -- Sandy Dwayne Martin * Church History *\u003cbr\u003e[An] important contribution to our understanding of a neglected chapter of New York City religious history. -- Kenneth A. Scherzer * H-Net Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFaith in Their Own Color\u003c\/i\u003e will be of interest to all historians of the antebellum North and deserves a wide readership. -- David Brown * Ecclesiastical History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFaith in Their Own Color\u003c\/i\u003e represents an incredibly detailed story of the trials and tribulations of a single black parish in antebellum New York, one historians of race and religion will surely find useful. -- John Garrison Marks * New York History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e1. Improper Associates\u003cbr\u003e2. Freedom's Defects\u003cbr\u003e3. Hobart and the High Church\u003cbr\u003e4. One of Their Own Colour\u003cbr\u003e5. An Orderly and Devout Congregation\u003cbr\u003e6. A Bitter Thralldom\u003cbr\u003e7. A Godly Admonition\u003cbr\u003e8. Peculiar Circumstances\u003cbr\u003e9. The Chains That Bind\u003cbr\u003e10. Promoting Improvement\u003cbr\u003e11. Partaking of the Heavenly Gift\u003cbr\u003e12. To Employ a Colored Clergyman\u003cbr\u003e13. A State of Schism\u003cbr\u003e14. A Bishop's Trials\u003cbr\u003e15. Exciting the Deepest Feelings\u003cbr\u003e16. Vouchsafed to All Men\u003cbr\u003e17. The Heart Must Be Changed\u003cbr\u003e18. The Beauties of Freedom\u003cbr\u003e19. Economic Opportunity and Religious Choice\u003cbr\u003e20. Attentive to Their Devotions\u003cbr\u003e21. The Express Wishes of Nearly All\u003cbr\u003e22. Injurious to the Cause of Religion\u003cbr\u003e23. A Fulness of Assent\u003cbr\u003e24. But One Fold and One Chief Shepherd\u003cbr\u003eAppendix. Parishioners of St. Philip's Church\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400219926871,"sku":"9780231134699","price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231134699.jpg?v=1730470098","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/faith-in-their-own-color-9780231134699","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}