The West Indies: Their Social and Religious Condition (Cambridge Library Collection - Religion) - Softcover

Underhill, Edward Bean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108007961 ISBN 13: 9781108007962

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

In this book, first published in 1862, Edward Bean Underhill gives an engaging account of a journey to the West Indies on behalf of the Baptist Missionary Society. He visited Baptist churches in Trinidad, Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba and the Bahamas in order to evaluate the religious state of the many congregations that were established there after the Emancipation Act. Underhill emphasizes that the religious and social consequences of the Emancipation for the people of the West Indies cannot be viewed independently of one another. He finds that the islands, on their own terms, have made the best possible use of the freedom obtained. Underhill gives an elaborate and vivid description of his impression of the islands, but his main focus is on Jamaica, which he finds has benefited most of all.

About this title

Book Description:

In this book, first published in 1862, Edward Bean Underhill gives a very positive report on his visit to the West Indies on behalf of the Baptist Missionary Society. He visited the islands to evaluate the religious state of the Baptist churches established there after the Emancipation Act.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1108007961
• ISBN 13: 9781108007962
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 512