The African and the True Christian Religion, his Magna Charta : a study in the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg
London: James Speirs, 1892. Octavo, original red pictorial cloth boards with Sphinx, Pyramid and rays of the sun in gilt upper board, pp x, 245, ii. Some light rubbing and a little light flecking to boards, bottom rear corner rubbed. Previous owner's bookplate (Claude Toby) front endpaper. Inscription in pencil rear blank endpaper. Very good condition.
James John Garth Wilkinson's interpretations of Swedenborg's writings about Africans and speculations about the role of Africans within a Swedenborgian theology. The book is dedicated to Edward W. Blyden, and the Appendix (pp. 243 - 245) is a letter addressed to Wilkinson from Blyden regarding Christianity and Islam. Edward Wilmot Blyden (1812-1899) was an Africo-Liberian educator, writer, and politician. He has been regarded by some as the "father of pan-Africanism" Item #104320
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