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... > social science subjects > sociology > sociology of education > education in society and culture > multiculturalism and special populations > African American education > religious institutions and schooling > African Methodist Episcopal Church
... > social science subjects > education > education studies > sociology of education > education in society and culture > multiculturalism and special populations > African American education > religious institutions and schooling > African Methodist Episcopal Church

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African Methodist Episcopal Church  

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  • The educational ministry of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church should be viewed in several larger contexts. These include the earliest organizing of nominally free Africans in the United States in both the secular and sacred realms, the reason there are African American and White churches in the country, debates around anti-intellectualism in the African American church and African American life generally, debates about the nature of the best education for African American people, Methodist Episcopal polity and leadership, and tensions between education for assimilation versus education for liberation. [Source: Encyclopedia of African American Education; African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church]

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