James K. Humphrey and the Sabbath-Day Adventists / R. Clifford Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, R. Clifford.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Seventh-Day Adventists--Clergy--Biography.

Seventh-Day Adventists.

African Americans--New York (State)--New York--Religion.

African Americans.

Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Church history.

Harlem (New York, N.Y.).

Humphrey, James K. (James Kemuel), 1877-1952.

Humphrey, James K.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In James K. Humphrey and the Sabbath-Day Adventists , R. Clifford Jones tells the story of this important black religious figure and his attempt to bring about self-determination for twentieth-century blacks in New York City. Humphrey was a Baptist minister who joined the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church shortly after arriving in New York City from Jamaica at the turn of the twentieth century. A leader of uncommon competency and charisma, Humphrey functioned as an SDA minister in Harlem during the time the community became the black capital of the United States. Though he led his congregatio

Contents:

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1. THE UTOPIA PARK AFFAIR; Chapter 2. ASSESSING THE UTOPIA PARK AFFAIR; Chapter 3. THE TENOR OF THE TIMES; Chapter 4. THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IN ADVENTISM, 1840-1930; Chapter 5. THE CHURCH HISTORY OF THE SABBATH-DAY ADVENTISTS; Chapter 6. THE SABBATH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH AFTER HUMPHREY; Chapter 7. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; Appendix A. FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS OF SABBATH-DAY ADVENTISTS; Appendix B. CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE NEW YORK SABBATH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-242) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-48533-4

9786612485336

1-60473-150-8

OCLC:

220843873