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Old Ship of Zion : The Afro-Baptist Ritual in the African Diaspora by the late Walter F Pitts; Vincent L Wimbush is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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"'I love the Lord, He heard my cry, ' Deacon cries out as the newly gathered congregation, now seated in their pews, echoes his words in a plaintive tune". Thus begins the Devotional at St. John Progressive Baptist Church, one of many Afro-Baptist services that Walter Pitts observed in the dual role of anthropologist and church pianist. Based on extensive fieldwork in black Baptist churches in rural Texas, this is a major new study of the African origins of African-American forms of worship. Ove

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Author
the late Walter F Pitts; Vincent L Wimbush
Publisher
New York: Oxford University Press
Published
1993
Language
EN
ISBN
9780195111453
Category
history
Subjects
Christian, Religion, Science
Updated
2026-03-25

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