Dennis C. Dickerson

Awakening to Justice

History & Biography

“In chronicling the discursive and relational space that nineteenth-century revivalist abolitionists provided for reckonings with race, contributors to this timely volume sternly but subtly suggest pathways to gospel-mandated advocacy and reconciliation to the contemporary Christian ecclesia.”

Black Church Beginnings

History & Biography

“A pivotal introduction to black church history.”

No Man’s Land

History & Biography

“The author has lifted up for religion scholars and adherents an overlooked international arena of sacralized outreach that transcended Methodist denominational boundaries. This global movement of Methodist women revived the Wesleyan warrant to relieve the suffering of the marginalized and provided a basis for pan-Methodist ministries.”

Rebaptism Calmly Considered

History & Biography

“Sharon Grant's cutting-edge exploration of crucial religious intersections between Euro-American and African influences within African Methodism in Jamaica raise important issues that will frame follow-up studies within African diasporic history. Her subtle interdisciplinary sensibilities and her blending of archival and field work data enrich her religio-historical findings. Her scholarship stands alone in Wesleyan and Afro-diasporic religious studies.”

We Are Charleston

History & Biography

“The authors intensely probe the sanctified character of African Methodism and reveal how the members of Mother Emanuel in Charleston and other AME churches stress personal holiness that undergirds forgiveness and social holiness that mandates militant opposition to the social sin of racism. These attributes, deeply embedded in African American religion, have shown the nation and the world a sure route to healing and reconciliation.”