This book describes the sociocultural context that shaped Christian initiation for many early Jamaican congregants within the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. Christian initiation in early-twentieth-century Jamaican AME churches included the practice of two water rituals for children within most of its congregations--first, the christening or sprinkling of water on infants, and second, immersion when the child reached the age of consent and made a public confession of faith. The ambiguity of John Wesley's doctrine and practice of the sacrament of baptism are provided with the cultural milieu of nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Jamaica to allow the reader to calmly consider the spectrum of evidence--and consider how the use of two water rituals became normative for many disciples of Christ to become full members within the early AME Church in Jamaica. -- back cover.
- | Author: Sharon J. Grant
- | Publisher: Pickwick Publications
- | Publication Date: Sep 10, 2019
- | Number of Pages: 164 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 153265300X
- | ISBN-13: 9781532653001
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