Spiritual Development of African American Women
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For virtually the first century of their lives in the United States, African-Americans had virtually no engagement with Christianity because, in part, they came from a religious word that was far different from that of their white masters and mistresses (159). While a few blacks did convert to Christianity in the seventeenth century, the vast majority of Africans of both genders were excluded from worship in the American colonies. Consequently, it would not be until the dawn of the eighteenth century that the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in the Foreign Parts began to bring Christianity to slaves. It was in the middle of the eighteenth century that slaves began to convert in significant numbers during the First Great Awakening (159). Over time, Christianity among African slaves was influenced by African religions that were brought to the United States by successive waves of slaves. Unfortunately, African-American women, like white women during this era, were not able to remain within their homes and see themselves as answering God's call (160). The reading demonstrates that both African-American and white women developed spirituality and formed maternal societies that were uniquely their own and for African-American women in particular, the period of slavery and the aftermath of the Jim Crow era proved particularly challenging with respect to practicing religion (160-161). Over time, for African-American women, a strong connection between Christianity
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