Rebellious Religion: Slave Christianity

It is difficult to believe from time to time to believe that when slaves struggle like them they may believe there is more power to search for them. The slaves were deprived of their human nature, but they were able to maintain their human nature by combining their religion with other slaves. The religion adapted after crossing the Atlantic Ocean was very similar to their slave master's Christianity but from the elements of African religion. The greatest element of African religion in slave Christianity is sound, the whole music.

Religion is the second shelter of slaves. It gives a form of expression to slaved Africans partially released from slave owner's rule. Slave religion is mainly Christian but it also includes the traditional elements of African religion. Religion gives slaves a self-worthing sense, bringing hope for the ransom of this world and the next generation. Spirit is a general religious expression in slavery. Slaves also used songs and folk tales to talk about sorrow, hope, pain, and happiness.

Many pious British settlers think that it is a sacred duty to convert slavery to Christianity. Therefore, Christianity is widely adopted by slaves. The practice of slavery for Christianity is different from that of white Christians. The tradition of music comes from rhythmic African and melodic European models. Religious beliefs of many African tribes merge with elements of Christianity to form Voodoo. Spiritual proved this merger as well. There are laws regulating slave literacy, but African Americans have learned a lot of English elements in order to be purely necessary. As kids in farms are often bred by slaves, their dialects, values ​​and customs are often inherited. This recursive relationship is a typical cultural integration through American history.

Religion, especially Christianity, has played a major role in the history of African Americans. Most Africans brought to the New World when they arrived were not Christians but many of them and their descendants accepted Christianity and rested in the message of spiritual equality and salvation in the Bible I found it. After the American Civil War, the vibrant Black Church played an important role in strengthening the African American community and critically supporting the civil rights movement. According to the Pew Research Center 's religious landscape research in 2014, about one - eighth (79%) of African - Americans claim themselves as Christians, seven out of ten are white and 77% are Hispanic . According to the survey, about half (53%) of most black Christians and African Americans are related to the new Protestant church in history. Smaller African Americans agree with evangelical Protestantism (14%), Catholicism (5%), major Protestantism (4%) and Muslim (2%)