Introducing Black Theology

Author : Bruce L. Fields
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532680328

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Introducing Black Theology by Bruce L. Fields Pdf

—What is black theology? —What can black theology teach the evangelical church? —What is the future of black theology? These are the questions Bruce Fields addresses in Introducing Black Theology. Defining black theology as a theology of liberation offers insights into the history, future, and nature of black theology. Black theology developed in response to widespread racism and bigotry in the Christian church and seeks to understand the social and historical experiences of African Americans in light of their Christian confession. Fields discusses sources, hermeneutics, and implications of black theology and reflects upon the function and responsibilities of black theologians. This concise, accessible introduction to black theology draws upon history, hermeneutics, culture, and scripture and will create a dialogue of respect and reconciliation between blacks and whites within the evangelical church.

Author : Hopkins, Dwight N.
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608334575

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Introducing Black Theology of Liberation by Hopkins, Dwight N. Pdf

A book that reviews the principles of modern Black Theology, its roots and contributions to the Christian world. It also discusses what challenges Black theologians face in their minister and their religious communities.

Author : Cone, James, H.
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608337729

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Black Theology and Black Power by Cone, James, H. Pdf

"The introduction to this edition by Cornel West was originally published in Dwight N. Hopkins, ed., Black Faith and Public Talk: Critical Essays on James H. Cone's Black Theology & Black Power (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1999; reprinted 2007 by Baylor University Press)."

Author : D. Hopkins
Publisher : Springer
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2002-02-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780312299187

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Heart and Head by D. Hopkins Pdf

Faith, hope, and love embody the black theology of liberation, a movement created by a group of African- American pastors in the 1960s who felt that Christ's gospel held a special message of liberation for African- Americans, and for all oppressed people. Beginning with an intimate introduction, Hopkins writes of his mother's death, when he was nine, and reveals that his father's love for the poor influenced him to become a Minister and to pursue a life of service which required 'a compassionate intellect and an intellectual compassion. Hopkins asserts that in this post-Civil Rights, post-affirmative action era, that all people, regardless of race, must join together in forging a new common wealth. Offering a detailed perspective on a new racial, gender, and economic democracy in the United States, Hopkins illustrates that black theology can be the key to personal and global liberation.

Author : Dwight N. Hopkins,Edward P. Antonio
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521705691

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The Cambridge Companion to Black Theology by Dwight N. Hopkins,Edward P. Antonio Pdf

A comprehensive look at black theology and its connection with major doctrinal themes within Christianity from a global perspective.

Author : Anthony B. Bradley
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-02-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433523557

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Liberating Black Theology by Anthony B. Bradley Pdf

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 : Bruce L. Fields
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Black theology
ISBN : OCLC:1150041191

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Introducing Black Theology by Bruce L. Fields Pdf

Defining black theology as a theology of liberation, this newest addition to the 3 Crucial Questions series offers insights into the history, future, and nature of black theology. Black theology developed in response to widespread racism and bigotry in the Christian church and seeks to understand the social and historical experiences of African Americans in light of their Christian confession. Fields discusses the sources, hermeneutics, and implications of black theology and reflects upon the function and responsibilities of black theologians. This concise, accessible introduction to black theology draws upon history, hermeneutics, culture, and Scripture and will create a dialogue of respect and reconciliation between blacks and whites within the evangelical church. - Publisher.

Author : James H. Cone
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608330386

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God of the Oppressed by James H. Cone Pdf

Author : Leonardo Boff,Clodovis Boff
Publisher : Continuum
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Liberation theology
ISBN : UOM:39015017711360

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Introducing Liberation Theology by Leonardo Boff,Clodovis Boff Pdf

This work deals with the basic questions that are tackled by liberation theology - oppression, violence, domination and marginalization. It then goes on to show how the Christian faith can be used as an agent in promoting social and individual liberation, and how faith and politics relate.

Author : Alistair Kee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351145503

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The Rise and Demise of Black Theology by Alistair Kee Pdf

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 : Anthony G. Reddie
Publisher : SCM Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780334048930

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SCM Core Text Black Theology by Anthony G. Reddie Pdf

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 : Frederick L. Ware
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781556357367

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Methodologies of Black Theology by Frederick L. Ware Pdf

Frederick L. Ware provides a classification and criticism of methodological perspectives in the academic study, interpretation, and construction of black theology in the U.S. from 1969 to the present, and establishes and recognizes three different schools of academic black theology: The Black Hermeneutical School The Black Philosophical School The Human Sciences School Similarities and differences are delineated in the identification of each school's representative thinkers and their views on the tasks, content, sources, norm, method, and goals of black theology.

Author : Dwight N. Hopkins
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1451407351

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Down, Up, and Over by Dwight N. Hopkins Pdf

"First reconstructs the culutral matrix of African American religion, a total way of life formed by Protestantism, American culture, and the institution of slavery (1619-1865). Whites from Europe and Blacks from Africa arrived with specific, differing views of God, faith, and humanity. Hopkins recreates their worldviews and shows how white theology sought to remake African Americans into naturally inferior beings divinely ordained into subservience. The counter voice of enslaved blacks is the birth of the Spirit of liberation." -- Back cover.

Author : Frederick L. Ware
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781611646498

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African American Theology by Frederick L. Ware Pdf

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 : Simon S. Maimela,Dwight N. Hopkins
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781725238800

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We Are One Voice by Simon S. Maimela,Dwight N. Hopkins Pdf

Black theology of liberation in the USA and South Africa (SA) both began from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. They carried the energy of the youth who were eager to change the world so that all peoples would enjoy life and live as neighbors. Legal racial laws still existed in parts of the US in the mid-1960s. And apartheid laws on separation of races were as normal and accepted as breathing air. Given the major racial divides and the presence of human differences in all of society, concerned individuals, in both countries, realized that religious practice or the study of religion could not be done separate from the everyday lives of ordinary people. In response to racial laws, blacks created a vibrant renaissance of black culture and organizations. Song, stories, histories, and coalitions flourished. Blacks of all classes became energized and participated in a rebirth of what it meant to be black. What was a true citizenship rooted in justice? In fact, it was a profound striving to produce a new vision of the US and South Africa. Deep and broad hope filled these communities and many throughout both countries. Black religious leaders and ordinary people of faith were heavily impacted by this bubbling and creative black renaissance. The founders of black liberation theology in both countries emerged out of this larger movement to redefine what is a healthy community with healthy individuals. In recent years, USA and SA have had their first black elected presidents (i.e., Nelson Mandela and Barack Obama). Such historic and amazing developments show strides in both countries across the Atlantic. Yet, the economic success after US legal segregation and SA apartheid seemed to have gone primarily to only the top 5 percent of black people. The republication of We Are One Voice is still needed today. Questions of poor and working people, women's rights, and the importance of connecting spiritualty and faith to culture, politics, and economics are even more pressing in the twenty-first century than they were in the last.