Fire in His HeartBishop Benjamin Tucker Tanner and the A.M.E. ChurchWilliam Seraile"This fine, informative work greatly augments our knowledge of the life of black clergy and periodical editors in the late nineteenth century, by providing us with an insightful biography of Benjamin Tucker Tanner, a man who was one of the greatest in both categories. William Seraile's careful analysis of Tanner's integrationist views regarding race in America can help out present-day Americans who are concerned about overcoming divisions that still persist in our multi-ethnic democratic society."-Stephen W. Angell, Florida A & M University"Professor Seraile has written a very well-researched, well-organized biography of Benjamin Tucker Tanner, one of the major leaders of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, who made significant intellectual and pastoral contributions in his roles as minister, editor, and bishop. . . . Seraile highlights the life and work of a very important figure in African American, American, and Methodist religious history."-Sandy Dwayne Martin, University of GeorgiaBenjamin Tucker Tanner (1835-1923) distinguished himself in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as one of the foremost clergymen and editors in the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church. With depth and insight, he wrote about major events he had witnessed-the Civil War, Reconstruction, the rise of Jim Crow, and the Progressive Era, among them-and, as part of the A.M.E.