Guest Post by Jacqueline Young, Author of AMEN Jamaican author, Jacqueline Young, armed with her camera and a zest for unearthing the history of our churches, has traversed the four corners of Jamaica, photographing and documenting these houses of worship. The result is a beautiful, coffee table book which is a lasting and fitting testimony to our rich heritage.
Jacqueline Young has written the following guest post:
"It is said that Jamaica has more churches per square mile than anywhere else in the world. This is evidenced when you drive around the island and witness the number of churches in towns, as well as those that dot the countryside.
Undoubtedly, the majority of churches erected during the seventeenth to eighteenth century were built on the foundation of the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Moravian, Baptist, Methodist/Wesleyan and Presbyterian/United denominations. Many of these churches are embedded in the island’s history. Some are more architecturally beautiful than others, but all have a story to tell.
Jacqueline Young has written the following guest post:
"It is said that Jamaica has more churches per square mile than anywhere else in the world. This is evidenced when you drive around the island and witness the number of churches in towns, as well as those that dot the countryside.
Undoubtedly, the majority of churches erected during the seventeenth to eighteenth century were built on the foundation of the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Moravian, Baptist, Methodist/Wesleyan and Presbyterian/United denominations. Many of these churches are embedded in the island’s history. Some are more architecturally beautiful than others, but all have a story to tell.
The houses of God featured in AMEN represent denominations that practiced prior to the emancipation of slavery. Except for a few, the buildings depicted are all over 100 years old. Those that are not, have been rebuilt on the same site as a previous church, utilizing most of the building materials from that older church.
The intention is to have this book serve as a catalyst for further development of the faith based niche market of the tourism sector. Based on the extensive research that has been done, the information is available for tour guides to be trained and tours developed with this focus.
This coffee table book is 11.5” x 14” and features pictures of 112 churches and a synagogue and the history of 77 of these places of worship. This wonderful book is beautiful and durable. The binding is stitched and each page is ‘double laminated’ to ensure that it lasts for decades. It is currently available at the following locations in Kingston:
The intention is to have this book serve as a catalyst for further development of the faith based niche market of the tourism sector. Based on the extensive research that has been done, the information is available for tour guides to be trained and tours developed with this focus.
This coffee table book is 11.5” x 14” and features pictures of 112 churches and a synagogue and the history of 77 of these places of worship. This wonderful book is beautiful and durable. The binding is stitched and each page is ‘double laminated’ to ensure that it lasts for decades. It is currently available at the following locations in Kingston:
- New Kingston Pharmacy, New Kingston Business Centre, 30 Dominica Drive, Kingston 5
- Ljekarna Pharmacy – Oxord Medical Centre, 22h Old Hope Road, Kingston 5
- Haughton’s Pharmacy, Mandeville
- All Sangster’s Book Stores (island wide)
- Craft Cottage, The Village, Constant Spring Road, Kingston 10
- The University of West Indies Book Shop, Mona Campus
- Chronicles Limited, Upper Manor Park Plaza, Kingston 8
- United Theological College (Book Shop), 7Golding Avenue, Kingston 6 "
