Abstract
Today Caribbean countries are ablaze with evangelical religious fervor. This is evident not only in the long listings of worship services, workshops, prayer meetings, evangelical conferences, and revival campaigns advertised constantly in Caribbean popular media but also in public testimonies and proselytizing on the streets by believers. Placed prominently on the counter of one of Grenada’s major post offices is the caption: JESUS SAVES. Forty to sixty years ago, few locals would have expressed their religiosity so publicly. Besides, with its strong Anglican influences, the British Colonial Office that oversaw these islands’ postal services would have banned such captions if anyone had dared to mount them. Like the religious advertisement posted strategically on a lamppost, on the roadside of Lucas Street, one of the major roads leading into the center of St. George’s, Grenada’s capital.
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Aymer, P.L. (2016). Christianizing the West Indies/Caribbean: A Sociohistorical Overview. In: Evangelical Awakenings in the Anglophone Caribbean. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56115-2_1
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