[PDF] The Rise And Demise Of Black Theology eBook

Author : Alistair Kee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 35,17 MB
Release : 2017-11-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1351145509

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Black Theology emerged in the 1960s as a response to black consciousness. In South Africa it is a critique of power; in the UK it is a political theology of black culture. The dominant form of Black Theology has been in the USA, originally influenced by Black Power and the critique of white racism. Since then it claims to have broadened its perspective to include oppression on the grounds of race, gender and class. In this book the author contests this claim, especially by Womanist (black women) Theology. Black and Womanist Theologies present inadequate analyses of race and gender and no account at all of class (economic) oppression. With a few notable exceptions Black Theology in the USA repeats the mantras of the 1970s, the discourse of modernity. Content with American capitalism it fails to address the source of the impoverishment of black Americans at home. Content with a romantic imaginaire of Africa, this 'African-American' movement fails to defend contemporary Africa against predatory American global ambitions.

Author : J. Clark
Publisher : Springer
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 20,47 MB
Release : 2012-10-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1137002832

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This work is concerned with the way Black Christian formation, because of the acceptance of universal, absolute, and exclusive Christian doctrines, seems to justify and even encourage anti-African sentiment.

Author : Frederick L. Ware
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 25,46 MB
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1611646499

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This book presents a substantial introduction to the major methodologies, figures, and themes within African American theology. Frederick L. Ware explores African American theology from its inception and places it within dual contexts: first, the African American struggle for dignity and full humanity; and second, the broader scope of Christian belief. Readers will appreciate Ware's demonstration of how black theology is expressed in a wide range of sources that includes not only scholarly publications but also African American sermons, music, news and editorials, biography, literature, popular periodicals, folklore, and philosophy. Each chapter concludes with questions for discussion and suggested resources for further study. Ware provides a seasoned perspective on where African American theology has been and where it is going, and he demonstrates its creativity within the chorus of Christian theology.

Author : C. Howard
Publisher : Springer
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 41,77 MB
Release : 2014-04-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1137368756

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Black Theology as Mass Movemen t is a call to current and future theologians to stretch the boundaries of Black Liberation Theology from what has become primarily an academic subfield into a full fledge liberation movement beyond the walls of the academy.

Author : Jeffrey P. Greenman
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 46,17 MB
Release : 2012-04-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830869700

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Jeffrey P. Greenman and Gene L. Green edit this collection of essays from the proceedings of the 2011 Wheaton Theology Conference. The essays explore the past, present and future shape of biblical interpretation and theological engagement in the Majority World. Leading scholars from around the world interact with the key theological issues being discussed in their regions. In addition, some theological voices from minority communities in North America address issues particular to their context and which often overlap with those central in Majority World theology. Contributors include Vince Bacote, Samuel Escobar, Ken Gnanakan, James Kombo, Mark Labberton, Terry LeBlanc, Juan Martínez, Ruth Padilla DeBorst, Lamin Sanneh, Andrew Walls, K. K. Yeo and Amos Yong.

Author : Anthony B. Bradley
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 25,28 MB
Release : 2010-02-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1433523558

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When the beliefs of Barack Obama's former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, assumed the spotlight during the 2008 presidential campaign, the influence of black liberation theology became hotly debated not just within theological circles but across cultural lines. How many of today's African-American congregations-and how many Americans in general-have been shaped by its view of blacks as perpetual victims of white oppression? In this interdisciplinary, biblical critique of the black experience in America, Anthony Bradley introduces audiences to black liberation theology and its spiritual and social impact. He starts with James Cone's proposition that the "victim" mind-set is inherent within black consciousness. Bradley then explores how such biblical misinterpretation has historically hindered black churches in addressing the diverse issues of their communities and prevented adherents from experiencing the freedoms of the gospel. Yet Liberating Black Theology does more than consider the ramifications of this belief system; it suggests an alternate approach to the black experience that can truly liberate all Christ-followers.

Author : Anthony B. Bradley
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 48,31 MB
Release : 2016-09-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1498283918

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Life happens at the intersection of faith and culture. Whether we are Christians or not, we all have some narrative about the way the world ought to be that shapes how we view the world and live our lives. In this book, Anthony Bradley explores those intersections in ways that analyze and direct our imaginations toward the best practices that lead to human flourishing. Economics, political philosophy, sociology, psychology, and theology are just a few of the disciplines used in an attempt to make sense of a world where things are not the way they are supposed to be. Something does seem strange about the world, but we are not left without tools and principles that we need to make life work at the intersections of faith and culture. The aim of Something Seems Strange is to provide a model of thinking about life at those intersections, so that people can lively freely according to their God-given design.

Author : James J. Gardiner
Publisher :
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 29,35 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Religion
ISBN :

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Five of six essays originally presented at an interdenominational conference held in Washington, D.C., May 2-3, 1969, and jointly sponsored by the Graymoor Ecumenical Institute and the Georgetown University Dept. of Theology. Includes bibliographical references.

Author : Anthony Reddie
Publisher : Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 44,68 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0334041562

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An accessible introduction to Black Theology, helping readers understand the inherited legacy of 'race', ethnicity, difference and racism, as well as the diversity and vibrancy of this movement.

Author : Gerald O. West
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 40,90 MB
Release : 2016-08-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004322787

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The Stolen Bible tells the story of how Southern Africans have interacted with the Bible from its arrival in Dutch imperial ships in the mid-1600s through to contemporary post-apartheid South Africa. The Stolen Bible emphasises African agency and distinguishes between African receptions of the Bible and African receptions of missionary-colonial Christianity. Through a series of detailed historical, geographical, and hermeneutical case-studies the book analyses Southern African receptions of the Bible, including the earliest African encounters with the Bible, the translation of the Bible into an African language, the appropriation of the Bible by African Independent Churches, the use of the Bible in the Black liberation struggle, and the ways in which the Bible is embodied in the lives of ordinary Africans.