Cambridge Companion to Black Theology

Name: Cambridge Companion to Black Theology
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ISBN: 9780521705691

ISBN-10: 052170569X

ISBN-13: 9780521705691

Edition: 2012

Authors: Dwight N. Hopkins, Edward P. Antonio

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This volume discusses normative theological categories from a black perspective and argues that there is no major Christian doctrine on which black theology has not commented. Part One explores introductory questions such as: what have been the historical and social factors fostering a black theology, and what are some of the internal factors key to its growth? Part Two examines major doctrines which have been important for black theology in terms of clarifying key intellectual foci common to the study of religion. The final part discusses black theology as a world-wide development constituted by interdisciplinary approaches. The volume has an important role in bringing Christian thought…

Book details

List price: $47.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 7/26/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.02" wide x 8.98" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English

Edward P. Antonio is the Harvey H. Potthoff Associate Professor of Theology and Social Theory, and Associate Dean of Diversities at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado. He is editor of Inculturation and Postcolonial Discourse in African Theology (2006).



Preface



Introduction Section



General introduction




Historical perspective




Black theology and liberation theologies




The social sciences and rituals of resilience in African and African American communities




Black theology and womanist theology




Themes in Black Theology



God




Jesus in Black theology: the ancient ancestor visits




Black theology and the Holy Spiri




Black theology and human purpose




Theology's great sin: silence in the face of white supremacy




Theodicy: 'de lawd knowed how it was': Black theology and Black suffering




Black theology and the Bible




Protestant ecclesiology




Roman Catholic ecclesiology




Dignity and destiny: Black reflections on eschatology




Global Expressions of Black Theology



The history of Black theology in South Africa




Black theology in Britain




Slave religion and Black theology in Brazil




Black theology in Cuba




Black theology in Jamaica




Methodology in an Aboriginal theology




Black theology and post-colonial discourse




The future of Black theology



Bibliography


Index