Ye shall dream : patriarch Granville Williams and the Barbados Spiritual Baptists / Ezra E.H. Griffith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Griffith, Ezra E. H., 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Williams, Granville.

Spiritual Baptists--Barbados.

Spiritual Baptists.

Black people--Barbados--Religion.

Black people.

Christian sects--Barbados.

Christian sects.

Barbados--Religious life and customs.

Barbados.

Physical Description:

xiii, 207 p. : ill. (some col.)

Place of Publication:

Kingston, Jamaica : University of the West Indies Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Spiritual Baptist Church, thought to be present in the English-speaking Caribbean from about the late nineteenth century, has long been a fairly potent force in the daily life of the islanders, although its effect has varied depending on the island concerned. Certainly, in Trinidad and St Vincent, the movement has had considerable visibility over the years; and in those countries, its evolution and development have seen the movement take a prestigious place as a respected religious institution in the last two or three decades. However, the movement only extended to Barbados in 1957 when a Spiritual Baptist preacher, a Barbadian by birth, returned to his native island from Trinidad, where he had been living for several years. The Reverend Granville Williams established the first Spiritual Baptist Church in Barbados and has continued to oversee the church's development since its inception.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4619-0686-5