{"product_id":"rebaptism-calmly-considered-hardcover","title":"Rebaptism Calmly Considered: Christian Initiation and Resistance in the Early A.M.E. Church of Jamaica - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSharon J. Grant\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTed a. Campbell\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 162\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 10, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42154062217351,"sku":"9781532653001","price":47.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/1168a01a3fbca0acb16be9af2ecf766a.webp?v=1733226449","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/rebaptism-calmly-considered-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}